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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 4969982" data-attributes="member: 24302"><p>I agree to a certain extent but just watched an interview with Lara Logan who used to be a &quot;60 Minutes&quot; correspondent and lived in Afghanistan and interviewed a lot of prominent Afghans.&nbsp; They told her that the U.S. had the power to stop the Taliban at anytime.&nbsp; That the Taliban was supplied by caravans coming from Pakistan through a particular valley and the U.S. made no effort to stop them.&nbsp; We were in Afghanistan for 20 years because the U.S. government wanted us to be.&nbsp; I think you can figure out why.&nbsp; As for the Afghans they lost a lot of men fighting the Taliban but lost their advantage when the U.S. withdrew air support.&nbsp; And many if not most were there for a paycheck.&nbsp; When the corrupt Afghan government stopped paying them and fled the country with untold millions they no longer had an incentive to fight.&nbsp; They have a very different mindset about freedom and all that.&nbsp; Doesn&#039;t release us from our duty to get Americans and helpful Afghanis out of the country though.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 4969982, member: 24302"] I agree to a certain extent but just watched an interview with Lara Logan who used to be a "60 Minutes" correspondent and lived in Afghanistan and interviewed a lot of prominent Afghans. They told her that the U.S. had the power to stop the Taliban at anytime. That the Taliban was supplied by caravans coming from Pakistan through a particular valley and the U.S. made no effort to stop them. We were in Afghanistan for 20 years because the U.S. government wanted us to be. I think you can figure out why. As for the Afghans they lost a lot of men fighting the Taliban but lost their advantage when the U.S. withdrew air support. And many if not most were there for a paycheck. When the corrupt Afghan government stopped paying them and fled the country with untold millions they no longer had an incentive to fight. They have a very different mindset about freedom and all that. Doesn't release us from our duty to get Americans and helpful Afghanis out of the country though. [/QUOTE]

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