You're missing the point - I'm not in favor of continuing, just that those excuses are myths - it's a simple proxy war conducted by Pakistan
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Replying to @i_contemplate_
Afghanistan was the "Graveyard of Empires" long before Pakistan was even imagined.
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Replying to @Outsideness
That itself is BS. Which empires exactly were killed by their Afghan adventures? The Brits tamed AFG quite easily. Alexander lost in India
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Replying to @i_contemplate_
"The Brits tamed AFG quite easily." You're joking, surely?
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Replying to @Outsideness
The Durand Line held forever. And the Sikh Empire took over a lot of AFG before it was toppled by internal strife and the Brits.
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Replying to @i_contemplate_
I'm sure you're not saying "Pashtuns would be just like the Swiss if not for the meddling Anglos" but you could be misunderstood that way.
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Replying to @Outsideness
I'm not in the comedy business! Just dispelling bullshit myths about 'untamable' 'graveyard of empires' crap.
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Replying to @i_contemplate_
"The First Anglo-Afghan War (also known as Disaster in Afghanistan) ..." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War … But wait, there's more ...
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Replying to @Outsideness
Lol the second sentence "but the British defeated the Afghans in the concluding engagement."
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Replying to @i_contemplate_
"Concluding engagement" of the First Afghan War. Then there's the Second and the Third Afghan War. ...
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... But Googling "Afghan War" goes straight to a succeeding Anglo Empire preparing for final triumph in the Hindu Kush any time now.
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