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The Afghanistan operation has "US adventure" written all over it. The place is a mess. I'd get out before things turn very ugly indeed.
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Until they do........
Don't get me wrong, I don't trust everything I read, but until substantial evidence comes my way to counter something, or something just doesn't sound right, then I hold the information given to me as being somewhat true.
Whether or not it fails in the future, remains to be seen, but just because other's have failed in the past, doesn't mean everyone will..... just because you have negative views on the final outcome, doesn't mean we should just give up and leave..... I wasn't all gun-ho about going to Afghanistan in the first place, but we're there now and so far the situation has not turned into what I originally thought it was going to be.
I used to think much like you, so don't get me wrong, I have had plenty of doubts, esspecially in our own forces abilities to switch from Peacekeeping to Battle...... as I have noticed so far, we've intergrated the two, which seems to be going over well with the people.
As I used to have as a quote in my signature
"History will repeat until we learn from our past mistakes." My only hope is that we have.
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One good point, is that this time it is not one country trying to "help out" but a number of countries, so I imagine this seems a bit more balanced to them, feeling that it's not just one country trying to mess around..... granted the US started it, but right now, it's NATO...... sure the US is probably one of the backbones for NATO, but the primary forces at play in Afghanistan right now are the British and Canadian.