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2021-02-07 Afghanistan
Taliban: We are the winners. We have won this war!
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Posted by 3dc 2021-02-07 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11129 views ]  Top
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#1 True.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-02-07 01:35||   2021-02-07 01:35|| Front Page Top

#2 
"These demands are not open to negotiation or discussion. The Taliban must act, and act immediately. They will hand over the terrorists, or they will share in their fate."

George W. Bush, Statement To Joint Session Of Congress September 20th 2001


The Taliban ignored the demands. Their mere existence implies they won.

Of course GWB's statement was never to be taken seriously. Powell retracted it less than a moth later in Pakistan.
Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2021-02-07 05:00||   2021-02-07 05:00|| Front Page Top

#3 A couple of GBUs on key areas in Balochistan, Multan and carpet bombing along the durand line would have won it. Thanks to the American deepState's undying love for Pakistain, this did not happen.

What happens when the interests of some fool 'strategists' in Washington trump those of the taxpayer, the soldier.
Posted by Dron66046 2021-02-07 09:33||   2021-02-07 09:33|| Front Page Top

#4 It really is so simple. We were never willing to do what needed to be done to win. The Taliban didn't really win - they didn't have to as long as they didn't lose.
Posted by Bangkok Billy 2021-02-07 12:35||   2021-02-07 12:35|| Front Page Top

#5 /\ Very true, and not just applicable to conflicts in the ME. It would appear that the last conflict in which we achieved victory was WWII.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-02-07 12:51||   2021-02-07 12:51|| Front Page Top

#6 ^Korea
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-02-07 13:43||   2021-02-07 13:43|| Front Page Top

#7 First Gulf War
Posted by Eohippus Elmush3754 2021-02-07 14:10||   2021-02-07 14:10|| Front Page Top

#8 Grenada...tough customers there.
Posted by Clem 2021-02-07 14:24||   2021-02-07 14:24|| Front Page Top

#9 ^ But Heartbreak Ridge was a decent movie...
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-02-07 14:40||   2021-02-07 14:40|| Front Page Top

#10 Panama
Posted by Snoluting White5292 2021-02-07 16:42||   2021-02-07 16:42|| Front Page Top

#11 Kosovo!
Posted by Bill Whumble8213 2021-02-07 18:21||   2021-02-07 18:21|| Front Page Top

#12 Detroit !
Posted by Kofi tse Tung7611 2021-02-07 18:28||   2021-02-07 18:28|| Front Page Top

#13 Ah, winning! A helluva thrill.
What a triumph of popular will
Was whipping you curs
And our provocateurs
At the Battle of Capitol Hill!
Posted by Injun Platypus7297 2021-02-07 19:09||   2021-02-07 19:09|| Front Page Top

#14 Hmm. Probably should've put quotes around that. And my first ever sarc tag.
Posted by Injun Platypus7297 2021-02-07 19:12||   2021-02-07 19:12|| Front Page Top

#15 A man, a plan (anal): Panama!

Kosovo's OK!
Posted by Skunky Platypus6263 2021-02-07 22:18||   2021-02-07 22:18|| Front Page Top

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