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2021-08-16 Afghanistan

Afghan Warlords Give Up to the Taliban with Surprising Ease

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Posted by Fred 2021-08-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [16 views ] Top
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#1 Noor claimed they had been the victims of deep-seated betrayal, saying on Twitter their resistance came to an end "as a result of a big organized & cowardly plot

"Their islamic kung foo was stronger!"

Posted by Dron66046 2021-08-16 02:44|| 2021-08-16 02:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Wouldn't shock me if our military was sending all the equipment and support to "right thinking" Afghans rather than the northern tribes that helped us liberate the country. Then these right thinking leaders just surrender to the Taliban.

Posted by Oldcat 2021-08-16 03:27|| 2021-08-16 03:27|| Front Page Top

#3 The 'experts' in the Beltway ignored hundreds (or in the case of Alexander thousands) of years of the culture of the region.

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." (George Santayana-1905).

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-08-16 07:04|| 2021-08-16 07:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Smart enough to see a lost cause or weren't all they were cracked up to be in the first place. Oh, and maybe that "power of and" thing...

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-08-16 08:56|| 2021-08-16 08:56|| Front Page Top

#5 Now they're grasping at other people's straws.

Posted by ed in texas 2021-08-16 11:06|| 2021-08-16 11:06|| Front Page Top

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