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**Erossycuc** · 05-12-2010, 07:29 PM

There isn't a "war" in Afghanistan. There's never been a "war" in Afghanistan. (There's hardly an "Afghanistan" either - just a collection of tribes, ethnicities, languages, religions ...)

The people who pay attention knew perfectly well that Afghanistan is hardly a state. & they knew perfectly well that - after years of fighting off the Soviets & then fighting over the spoils - there was barely any government @ all there. W had to do something, & so we bombed & drove off the Taliban & then Al Queda.

But we never intended to "fix" Afghanistan. & W made no bones about it; the war was strictly to strike back @ Al Queda.

05-12-2010, 07:29 PM	#19
Erossycuc Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 388 Senior Member	There isn't a *"war"* in Afghanistan. There's never been a "war" in Afghanistan. (There's hardly an *"Afghanistan"* either - just a collection of tribes, ethnicities, languages, religions ...) The people who pay attention knew perfectly well that Afghanistan is hardly a state. & they knew perfectly well that - after years of fighting off the Soviets & then fighting over the spoils - there was barely any government @ all there. W had to do something, & so we bombed & drove off the *Taliban* & then *Al Queda.* But we never intended to "fix" Afghanistan. & W made no bones about it; the war was strictly to strike back @ Al Queda.
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