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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"The Brits tamed AFG quite easily." You're joking, surely?
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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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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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I'm not in the comedy business! Just dispelling bullshit myths about 'untamable' 'graveyard of empires' crap.
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"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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Lol the second sentence "but the British defeated the Afghans in the concluding engagement."
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"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.
End of conversation
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The Soviets were defeated by an American and Pakistan proxy effort.
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