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Question: Will the United States succede where the Soviet Union, Great Brittain and Alexander the Great failed!?
Subduing Afghanistan!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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no , the war is not winnable , the afghan people themselves are divided into govt supporters, taliban and warlords !.!.!. all with different agendas
(and historically the aghan people have no desire to have central govt)

Afghanistan faces two sort of separate crises at the moment!. The first is a crisis in the capacity and the legitimacy of the Karzai Government in Kabul to govern Afghanistan, and it faces immense difficulties throughout the country because of the power of local warlords!.

The other is the resurgence of the Taliban supported out of Pakistan that's particularly affecting the south and east of the country!. Now, the main threat that nato forces face down in Uruzgan province is from the resurgent Taliban, but throughout Afghanistan you also have this very deep internal problem!.

And I think the combination of those two makes the chances of achieving success and stability in Afghanistan not just in the few years, but for years to come, very low indeed, and in fact I think the chance of success in Afghanistan are virtually zero!.


NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) has troops from 37 countries in Afghanistan as part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, ISAF, but only a handful are on the front line!.

Many countries, such as Germany, won't deploy to the more volatile south, because they don't want their troops engaging in combat duties!.

And the international force in Afghanistan is being weakened by differences in operational policies, and caveats placed by some partners on the terms of deployment of their troops!.

so sadly , the american led coalition will eventually lose interest (especially if the presidency loses the will to sustain combat deaths) and withdraw !.!.!. leaving afghanistan to the same cycle of war they have experienced for 1000's of years


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No!. First, USA is trying to get rid of the terrorists down there!. The terrorists are being sheltered by ordinary Afghanis who see the US soldiers as invaders, not liberators!. The US is carrying around guns and the poor image it projects does nothing to endear it to the millions of Afghanis!.
As such, the Afghanis would help the terrorists more, because the terrorists seem to be helping them more!.
If the US had helped the Afghanis when they had come, by giving them foreign aid!.!.!. The US had nothing on foriegn policy!. Afghanistan was struggling, it hadn't been repaired from the Soviet attacks, the Taliban had brought it into bad shape and the US invaded this crumpled heap instead of HELPING it!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Let us get one thing straight right off!. The US has no interest whatever in subduing Afghanistan!.They are trying to help an existing government to stabilize politically by assisting them to destroy the Taliban!. The Taliban is a fanatical Islamic organiazation which produces and shields terrorists who will overturn the Afghan government to create a radical Califate!. Osama Bin Laden and Al Quada are hidden in the hills of Afghanistan and Pakistan where they gather and train terrorists for shipment around the world!.!. Your every day Afghanis are scared to death of them!. They are the ones we are after!. !. The ones Bush said we would hunt down wherever they are!.

Have you forgotten 9/11, the USS Cole, the bombed US embassies, the 290 odd marines killed when their barracks were bombed!?

Or do you believe we should just forget the whole thing and chalk it up to experience!?!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

Are you really sure that what any of these groups was attempting was "subduing" !? My understanding has been that it was more a matter of control, rule, conquer, colonize!.!.!. you get the idea!.

In the end, no!. I don't think that the Americans will succeed, because I don't think they know exactly what it is they are trying to get out of the whole endeavour!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

Nope, it's a different world over there requiring unconventional thinking!. As soon as you go down the unconventional road to solve the problem, you are setting yourself up for war crimes or crimes against humanity!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

This is History not Future talk!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Never in a million years!.
Was that ever their plan!?Www@QuestionHome@Com