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**WomanBreast40356** · 08-08-2010, 02:13 PM

Sri Lanka

That went 26 years, and it was a civil war, both sides lived on the same island, and the rebel area was considerably smaller than Afghanistan.

I don't believe, I don't think anyone believes, that the US has the will to bankroll an effort of that relative magnitude in Afghanistan for the decades it would take to reach a similar conclusion.

You can't win a war that the people don't care about, and the US people don't care about Afghanistan, not to the point where they are willing to make the sacrifice required to win.

It's not about who kills the most people, the winning side is the side that is still willing to sacrifice to continue the battle, when the losing side has had enough.

And it has always been clear that the US would reach the point where it had had enough long before the Taliban would.

08-08-2010, 02:13 PM	#26
WomanBreast40356 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 426 Senior Member	Sri Lanka That went 26 years, and it was a civil war, both sides lived on the same island, and the rebel area was considerably smaller than Afghanistan. I don't believe, I don't think anyone believes, that the US has the will to bankroll an effort of that relative magnitude in Afghanistan for the decades it would take to reach a similar conclusion. You can't win a war that the people don't care about, and the US people don't care about Afghanistan, not to the point where they are willing to make the sacrifice required to win. It's not about who kills the most people, the winning side is the side that is still willing to sacrifice to continue the battle, when the losing side has had enough. And it has always been clear that the US would reach the point where it had had enough long before the Taliban would.
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