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[Sir Tigger KC]

According to reports, the Taliban now control 65% of Afghanistan. 

[Nick W]

According to reports, the Taliban now control 65% of Afghanistan. 

They are the indigenous population.....

[Doctor Gollum]

According to reports, the Taliban now control 65% of Afghanistan. 

They are the indigenous population.....

That's not very diverse. Someone should write a strongly worded letter...

[Nick W]

According to reports, the Taliban now control 65% of Afghanistan. 

They are the indigenous population.....

That's not very diverse. Someone should write a strongly worded letter...

They are not diverse at all. Which is one of the reasons why the west hasn't defeated them in over 200 years of trying

[Doctor Gollum]

I was being slightly facetious, but you are quite right. They are as old as the hills they inhabit.

[Lizzie Zoom]

All those poor soldiers who died , had legs blown off and those were left horribly maimed , all for what , so some grandstanding gob shyate politicians could make statements about "the war on terror" . It's disgusting how these soldiers sacrifices have come to nothing , give it 6 months and the Taliban will have complete control of the country and turn it back to the stone age 

Fully agree.  That is the real tragedy of the situation.  So much waste of British soldiers lives with many others ruined

[STEMO]

Wars have to be fought to stop tyrants/rogue nations from imposing their will upon others or damaging free states. But, when the fighting is over, nobody wins.

[Rangie]

All those poor soldiers who died , had legs blown off and those were left horribly maimed , all for what , so some grandstanding gob shyate politicians could make statements about "the war on terror" . It's disgusting how these soldiers sacrifices have come to nothing , give it 6 months and the Taliban will have complete control of the country and turn it back to the stone age 

Fully agree.  That is the real tragedy of the situation.  So much waste of British soldiers lives with many others ruined

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You sign up to the armed forces ,you are aware of what could happen & it often does if you get through unscathed you are one of the lucky ones nobody forces you to do it you are a certain type and take the rough with the smooth.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

It looks like the Taliban are wearing the trousers again.

Didn't take long, did it.

[Lizzie Zoom]

All those poor soldiers who died , had legs blown off and those were left horribly maimed , all for what , so some grandstanding gob shyate politicians could make statements about "the war on terror" . It's disgusting how these soldiers sacrifices have come to nothing , give it 6 months and the Taliban will have complete control of the country and turn it back to the stone age 

Fully agree.  That is the real tragedy of the situation.  So much waste of British soldiers lives with many others ruined

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You sign up to the armed forces ,you are aware of what could happen & it often does if you get through unscathed you are one of the lucky ones nobody forces you to do it you are a certain type and take the rough with the smooth.

Yes, young men, and women, often think of the 'glory' of joining up and going into battle, as once my 18 year old son did with the idea that "his mates and him lived together, trained together, fought together, and if necessary died together" - something I did not want to hear him say!!
But that was his attitude, as it was for the young men who joined up in 1914 for the Great War, and even then others doing the same for WW2.  So again, yes, it is what young people do.  BUT, it does not negate the terrible loss and suffering for those who fought in Afghanistan when the politicians decide they should fight there, then decide it was all a mistake and pull them out.

However, if they had of done that in 1915 perhaps hundreds of thousand of lives could have been saved and maybe the "Right War" that was WW2 could have been avoided with millions of lives saved.

Such is the waste caused by man and in the case of Afghanistan for what?  As others have correctly pointed out that country has been fought over for hundreds of years; it is a warrior nation that loves "the fight".  As with the likes of Vietnam, Iraq, and now Afghanistan they were / are wars fought because of politicians mistaken beliefs, warped ideology, and a play in the game of power.

One day mankind will learn that war, a terrible final element of failed diplomacy to date, is not worth it and breeds further conflict and political tension. The Great War, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan are all living proof of that, which is evident in World politics today.

I reckon mankind has one hundred years of the madness of war left, if climate change hasn't killed the human race off by then!

 

[Doctor Gollum]

All those poor soldiers who died , had legs blown off and those were left horribly maimed , all for what , so some grandstanding gob shyate politicians could make statements about "the war on terror" . It's disgusting how these soldiers sacrifices have come to nothing , give it 6 days and the Taliban will have complete control of the country and turn it back to the stone age 

Fixed.

They've got until Sunday...

I reckon they'll be pretty much there by then...

Climate is a fluid, complex self balancing system. It is constantly adjusting, aka changing.

If the ecomentalists and lefties practiced what they preached rather than causing no end of disruption by gluing and chaining themselves to everything that moves and setting wildfires to prove their (rather weak) points, the natural climatic adjustments might be less severe

Last summer was all about hearing the birds and how nice it was that there were no planes or traffic. This year we're all going to burn to death because no one is buying electric cars they can't afford (never mind the fact that, as an example, California doesn't have any water left to fight the fires because they need it all to power hydroelectric plants to keep all the electric cars in San Francisco and LA charged )

Anyhoo, back to Kabul...

[STEMO]

All those poor soldiers who died , had legs blown off and those were left horribly maimed , all for what , so some grandstanding gob shyate politicians could make statements about "the war on terror" . It's disgusting how these soldiers sacrifices have come to nothing , give it 6 days and the Taliban will have complete control of the country and turn it back to the stone age 

Fixed.

They've got until Sunday...

I reckon they'll be pretty much there by then...

Climate is a fluid, complex self balancing system. It is constantly adjusting, aka changing.

If the ecomentalists and lefties practiced what they preached rather than causing no end of disruption by gluing and chaining themselves to everything that moves and setting wildfires to prove their (rather weak) points, the natural climatic adjustments might be less severe

Last summer was all about hearing the birds and how nice it was that there were no planes or traffic. This year we're all going to burn to death because no one is buying electric cars they can't afford (never mind the fact that, as an example, California doesn't have any water left to fight the fires because they need it all to power hydroelectric plants to keep all the electric cars in San Francisco and LA charged )

Anyhoo, back to Kabul...

Very relevant...to something.....certainly not this thread 

[STEMO]

I've never know anyone to one so many  and yet say so much   

[Sir Tigger KC]

I guess at the end of the day the Taliban have God on their side. 

[Doctor Gollum]

LZ was the one that brought climate change into it. 

God willing or not, they certainly know what they are doing...