Comments on: Can NATO win in Afghanistan? http://www.historynet.com/can-nato-win-in-afghanistan.htm From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Thu, 23 May 2013 09:29:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ben M http://www.historynet.com/can-nato-win-in-afghanistan.htm#comment-329157 Ben M Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:54:04 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/can-nato-win-in-afghanistan.htm#comment-329157 Tend to agree with the majority here, we're wasting our time on this little corner of the world. "How many Afgans does it take to change a lightbulb?" About 33.5 million of them, and then only if they all agree to it. Tend to agree with the majority here, we're wasting our time on this little corner of the world. "How many Afgans does it take to change a lightbulb?" About 33.5 million of them, and then only if they all agree to it.

]]> By: causticdave http://www.historynet.com/can-nato-win-in-afghanistan.htm#comment-319466 causticdave Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:53:14 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/can-nato-win-in-afghanistan.htm#comment-319466 NO NO

]]> By: John R. http://www.historynet.com/can-nato-win-in-afghanistan.htm#comment-314053 John R. Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:53:12 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/can-nato-win-in-afghanistan.htm#comment-314053 VERY WELL STATED, MIKE H. COULD NOT HAVE SAID IT BETTER MESELF. VERY WELL STATED, MIKE H. COULD NOT HAVE SAID IT BETTER MESELF.

]]> By: Bill http://www.historynet.com/can-nato-win-in-afghanistan.htm#comment-296805 Bill Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:42:17 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/can-nato-win-in-afghanistan.htm#comment-296805 No. I agree with Mike H. The only way to win anything is to have something that is winnable. Nobody either foreign or domestic has been able to tame Afghanistan. One comparison is the saying, "Its like herding cats!" The people follow no leaders, they change allegiances like I change underwear. Only they can decide who they will tolerate the longest and that decision is absolutely inevitable to be changed. We are just an irritant and the best we can hope for is to get out of their with some integrity and not get chased out...probably by our own allies. Had Bush followed up on his initial destruction of the Taliban and Al Queda and not become distracted in Iraq we might hope for a stalemate of sorts as the Afghanis settle under Karzai but he left a power vacuum and the Taliban will ultimately fill it again unless the Afghanis say no...thats not likely to happen and we can't do it for them. Its time to get out...the sooner the better. . No. I agree with Mike H. The only way to win anything is to have something that is winnable. Nobody either foreign or domestic has been able to tame Afghanistan. One comparison is the saying, "Its like herding cats!" The people follow no leaders, they change allegiances like I change underwear.

Only they can decide who they will tolerate the longest and that decision is absolutely inevitable to be changed. We are just an irritant and the best we can hope for is to get out of their with some integrity and not get chased out…probably by our own allies.

Had Bush followed up on his initial destruction of the Taliban and Al Queda and not become distracted in Iraq we might hope for a stalemate of sorts as the Afghanis settle under Karzai but he left a power vacuum and the Taliban will ultimately fill it again unless the Afghanis say no…thats not likely to happen and we can't do it for them. Its time to get out…the sooner the better. .

]]> By: Stewart Peterson http://www.historynet.com/can-nato-win-in-afghanistan.htm#comment-292277 Stewart Peterson Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:36:01 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/can-nato-win-in-afghanistan.htm#comment-292277 Sure - but we'd have to colonize the place. Sure – but we'd have to colonize the place.

]]> By: Mike H. http://www.historynet.com/can-nato-win-in-afghanistan.htm#comment-291215 Mike H. Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:46:50 +0000 http://www.historynet.com/can-nato-win-in-afghanistan.htm#comment-291215 Win WHAT??? The Afghan tribes have been merrily slitting each other's throats for the last 5000 years, and, when they haven't been doing that, they've been making life miserable for foreign invaders...in fct our word, FOREIGNER, comes from their word, Feringei, a word that means both "outsider" and "enemy". Alexander the Great found it impossible, the British army got their butt handed to them, the Red Army got its butt kicked..we're just the latest in a long line...and, for what? THERE'S NOTHING OF ANY VALUE THERE! Win WHAT??? The Afghan tribes have been merrily slitting each other's throats for the last 5000 years, and, when they haven't been doing that, they've been making life miserable for foreign invaders…in fct our word, FOREIGNER, comes from their word, Feringei, a word that means both "outsider" and "enemy". Alexander the Great found it impossible, the British army got their butt handed to them, the Red Army got its butt kicked..we're just the latest in a long line…and, for what? THERE'S NOTHING OF ANY VALUE THERE!

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