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2021-06-02 Afghanistan

The third exodus of refugees from Afghanistan begins

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Posted by badanov 2021-06-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 These would be the interpreters and ISIS sleepers?

Posted by Skidmark 2021-06-02 00:54|| 2021-06-02 00:54|| Front Page Top

#2 How long the current Afghan government will last is an open question.

Not my concern.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-06-02 05:06|| 2021-06-02 05:06|| Front Page Top

#3 "It’s just a tragedy that the United States didn’t take seriously the peace process in Afghanistan, which should have been done much earlier before the opportunities ran out,"

They didn't *want* peace. Peace would have meant US troop withdrawal. They wanted war, endless war. And they got it. Made a mint from arms sales and supplying boots & beans. War is a racket.

Posted by Jiggs Trotsky5854 2021-06-02 10:56|| 2021-06-02 10:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Tough to imagine boat people from Afghanistan but it's a sure bet Bidet would welcome them to our shores.

Posted by Slats Ulerert8448 2021-06-02 11:14|| 2021-06-02 11:14|| Front Page Top

#5 The tragedy really was that the USA never understood the perpetual war process that IS Afghanistan. The Afghans will continue to oppress and fight each other to the very last Afghan.

Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-06-02 12:56|| 2021-06-02 12:56|| Front Page Top

#6 ^As I recollect, Mongols had no problems pacifying Afghanistan.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-06-02 13:54|| 2021-06-02 13:54|| Front Page Top

#7 Alexander the Great conquered the area, by keeping to the valleys and cities and left the hill tribes alone. Mongols did the same thing but if some of those tribes caused issues, a pile of heads left on the burnt out villages sent the appropriate message. Some of the areas from Iran to India still have lower populations than they would of from Mongol depopulation.

Posted by DarthVader 2021-06-02 14:16|| 2021-06-02 14:16|| Front Page Top

#8 "It’s just a tragedy that the United States didn’t take seriously the peace process in Afghanistan,

The Taliban negotiators were uninterested in anything less than total surrender of the country, returning them to power and the status quo ante of 2001. And even if the negotiators had been serious, they could only speak for themselves, and not for any of the many other jihadi groups in the area that have also been attacking the locals and the foreigners. The Afghan government has been fully aware of the pointlessness of the exercise, but has been required to engage in the dance by the foreign governments looking for an excuse to disengage from the region

Posted by trailing wife 2021-06-02 20:02|| 2021-06-02 20:02|| Front Page Top

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