Quote Originally Posted by lucy View Post
Also, so far no foreign force EVER has managed to conquer and pacify Afghanistan. Not the Persians, not the Brits, certainly not communist Soviet Union. Why should that be different with NATO?
Yes, that is what I thought as well when it all started. A mess that can neither be sorted nor withdrawn from in a reasonably good way, and certainly not won. I never understood a word of that war, other than revenge and sweet money for weapons and oil.
But neither do I understand what is cooking there now! If anything.