Will It Go Down In History, Or Hidden Away.

[teacake44]

That the might of the US army and navy along with their mighty hardware, not to mention the British with their fully loaded aircraft carriers, have been beaten back by a few hundred tatty Toyota pickups with a machine gun on the back, and a few hundred tatty mopeds with one fighter on wearing beach shoes. You have to laugh or dry.

[royfromaus]

ichkeriaDid Biden say that?

He’s an idiot if he did.
What will happen in Afghanistan is a civil war which may well spread.
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Biden.

https://twitter.com/AlirezaNader/status/1426258429874561025

[New Judge]

//Said it is down to Afghanis to fight for what they have been helped with so far and that they must now do their bit themselves//

Indeed. And on the news today I saw a policeman in some Godforsaken cess pit of a town, embracing the Taliban personnel when they arrived to overrun it. The UK and US forces trained and equipped the Afghan armed forces and police to keep order. They don’t even try. They expect western forces to do it for them. I agree with President Biden – enough is enough. Some things you can help improve, others you cannot. Afghanistan falls into the latter category. There’s no reason why US and UK lives – let alone money - should be risked to protect such a place. It is essentially ungovernable and will remain so probably forever.

[Stickybottle]

Could not agree more New Judge

[Khandro]

Sb //I guess now you do not believe she has been paid then ?//

Whether she received a financial reward for the interview, (10:57 Fri.) I know not, but being co-operative with free western media is a good 'career' move for someone in her precarious position.

One thing is certain though, she is a Muslim whatever, & her outlook (Weltanschauung) is different from yours (& certainly very different from mine!).

[Gromit]

// you are taking the word great out of context,.It refers to Britain being an amalgamation of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. //

That is the United Kingdom.
Great Britain refers to the big island opposite Ireland. It is a geographic term not a political one.