Will the taliban take over Afghanistan again?

WuWei · 2021-12-11T21:10:32.177Z

FloridaYankee:

Trying to nation build in one country is hard enough. Two at the same time was retarded. In retrospect.

Europe and Asia.

SixFoot · 2021-12-11T21:13:30.489Z

I miss watching all the sloppy drunks hobble around the liquor stores in Baghdad. I wonder how their brewery is fairing these days.

I also miss the neon lights of Kabul. Pretty happening place even after dark. I hope the soda factory is doing well. Best damn sodas I ever had.

WuWei · 2021-12-11T21:14:21.881Z

SixFoot:

Best damn sodas I ever had.

Real sugar?

SixFoot · 2021-12-11T21:15:19.264Z

Yep, and in every brand I ever liked. Corn syrup is not halal.

SixFoot · 2021-12-11T21:17:28.748Z

Damn, bad year for the Baghdad Boozers.

Middle East Monitor – 25 Feb 21

3 blasts target liquor stores in Iraq's Baghdad

Three separate explosions have targeted liquor stores in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, Russia Today news agency reported. The agency said two separate explosions targeted liquor stores in the Camp S...

ABI appears to still be running their website at least.

https://www.abi-af.com/

FloridaYankee · 2021-12-11T21:17:50.123Z

WuWei:

FloridaYankee:

Trying to nation build in one country is hard enough. Two at the same time was retarded. In retrospect.

Europe and Asia.

Fair enough. Afghanistan is ungovernable. We never had a chance.

WuWei · 2021-12-11T21:18:27.122Z

FloridaYankee:

Afghanistan is ungovernable. We never had a chance.

Or choice.

FloridaYankee · 2021-12-11T21:19:11.107Z

We certainly had to do something, yes.

SixFoot · 2021-12-11T21:19:21.456Z

WuWei:

FloridaYankee:

Afghanistan is ungovernable. We never had a chance.

Or choice.

We never even tried, what the hell are y’all on about?

WuWei · 2021-12-11T21:19:48.707Z

SixFoot:

WuWei:

FloridaYankee:

Afghanistan is ungovernable. We never had a chance.

Or choice.

We never even tried, what the hell are y’all on about?

Lot of truth there.

SixFoot · 2021-12-11T21:22:21.627Z

9 years before we even reached the 100,000 Troop mark for the first time. A landmass comparable with Texas.

SixFoot · 2021-12-11T21:28:36.643Z

Has anyone stopped to think for a moment that this outcome was completely intentional?

WuWei · 2021-12-11T21:51:38.142Z

No.
…

Supreme_War_Pig · 2021-12-11T21:54:01.510Z

SixFoot:

Has anyone stopped to think for a moment that this outcome was completely intentional?

To what point and purpose?

SixFoot · 2021-12-11T22:24:55.714Z

No’s all around, eh? Oh well.

WuWei · 2021-12-11T22:39:59.926Z

Hanlon’s Razor

SixFoot · 2021-12-11T22:44:38.727Z

I claim no malice. It’s pragmatic in my view.

FloridaYankee · 2021-12-11T22:44:53.530Z

SixFoot:

Has anyone stopped to think for a moment that this outcome was completely intentional?

Or they just knew it was inevitable.

SixFoot · 2021-12-11T22:53:36.142Z

A very shallow thought.

FloridaYankee · 2021-12-11T22:56:32.371Z

SixFoot:

A very shallow thought.

Through multiple administrations. More there than meets the eye.