It is a sign of incompetence when a military organization like NATO is unable to free a country like Afghanistan from radical & fanatic Moslem. Compare this when Europe was cleared from Nazi's during the 2 world war. I really don't care at all about the Moslem fanatic man but my heart breaks when I think about the children, girls and woman left behind when the fanatic Moslem take over. For many, facing suicide will be the lesser of their available options they have to escape terror of their forced marriage as slavery.
its too bad that making the world safe for democracy has cost so many lives and only seems to work in the West. Yes the US should get out of Afghanistan and concentrate on the Western hemisphere. Cuba and Venezuala are not exactly models of democracy either.
For once I have to wholeheartedly agree with your rather brutal, but sadly, accurate assessment of this whole sorry enterprise. Only a miracle could have salvaged this folly and as we have seen, miracles have been awfully hard to come by lately. I just hate it for the women and girls who will be paying the heftiest price for our failed enterprise; baby makers for the next war machine.
Thank you for reminding of of the intricate history of doomed involvement. I remember reading 60 years ago that that part of the world with its mountaineers was unconquerable...
It is a sign of incompetence when a military organization like NATO is unable to free a country like Afghanistan from radical & fanatic Moslem. Compare this when Europe was cleared from Nazi's during the 2 world war. I really don't care at all about the Moslem fanatic man but my heart breaks when I think about the children, girls and woman left behind when the fanatic Moslem take over. For many, facing suicide will be the lesser of their available options they have to escape terror of their forced marriage as slavery.
its too bad that making the world safe for democracy has cost so many lives and only seems to work in the West. Yes the US should get out of Afghanistan and concentrate on the Western hemisphere. Cuba and Venezuala are not exactly models of democracy either.
For once I have to wholeheartedly agree with your rather brutal, but sadly, accurate assessment of this whole sorry enterprise. Only a miracle could have salvaged this folly and as we have seen, miracles have been awfully hard to come by lately. I just hate it for the women and girls who will be paying the heftiest price for our failed enterprise; baby makers for the next war machine.
Thank you for reminding of of the intricate history of doomed involvement. I remember reading 60 years ago that that part of the world with its mountaineers was unconquerable...
Well written with excellent historical examples of pitfalls of countries invaded in Afghanistan!