Taliban claims victory in Afghan war (lol)
- Thread starter Mantello
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We fought a military war; our opponents fought a political one. We sought physical attrition; our opponents aimed for our psychological exhaustion. In the process we lost sight of one of the cardinal maxims of guerrilla war: the guerrilla wins if he does not lose. The conventional army loses if it does not win.
The only way to technically "win" in a conventional sense, was to completely annihilate the Taliban to a man, then build a great wall along the Pakistan border to keep them from coming back.
A rather impractical situations if that is how you are going to define who won using a conventional goal like that.
The only way to technically "win" in a conventional sense, was to completely annihilate the Taliban to a man, then build a great wall along the Pakistan border to keep them from coming back.
A rather impractical situations if that is how you are going to define who won using a conventional goal like that.
Dangerdoggie
Veteran XV
This is where ISIS should setup home base.
The Taliban can say what they want. In some sense, they'll always remain a pest and a problem to the Afghan people, even if known by another name. However, if they can't impose their will over afghan self-governance like they did previously, they've lost their influence and lost the war.
SuicideSnowman
Veteran XV
I'm pretty impressed with Al'Muktar's ability to shit post for the entire decade that he's been here.
When I look at all the Taliban heroin on our streets it's hard to argue with them about who the winners are.
in 40 years all the textbooks will say it was a US loss anyway
like vietnam and korea
we didn't "lose" Korea... the Korean War isn't over.
It started on June 25, 1950, and there was a ceasefire armistice signed on July 27, 1953 specifically with the wording: ""insure a complete cessation of hostilities and of all acts of armed force in Korea until a final peaceful settlement is achieved."
No final peaceful settlement has been achieved, as such the United States and North Korea are still at war.
we have not lost our war with Korea, and if things keep going like they are, we're going to win the Korean war some 65+ years after the fact.
NightTrain
Veteran XX
in 40 years all the textbooks will say it was a US loss anyway like vietnam and [strike]korea[/strike]
NightTrain
Veteran XX
Muk upset evil capitalist country make communist cannibal brother look bad
GDP per capita
NK $1800
SK $32,000
Infant mortality
NK 26.1
SK 4.08
Life expectancy
NK 69.2
SK 81.5
Muk upset evil capitalist country make communist cannibal brother look bad
GDP per capita
NK $1800
SK $32,000
Infant mortality
NK 26.1
SK 4.08
Life expectancy
NK 69.2
SK 81.5
If those facts tell me anything, it sure as fuck isn't that we "lost."
If that shows anything, it shows we most certainly won the Korean war... *If you accept that the korean war is over. (Which it isn't.)
yes
let us semanticise our way out of admitting that we lost korea
NT: NK isn't communist - while most 'communist' countries are in fact merely state-capitalist, NK is merely a state religion w/ communist overtones
North Korea is not communist, nor is it a state religion w/communist overtones... It's totalitarian, by the very definition of totalitarian.
If you really want to be specific about it North Korea is a single-party state under a totalitarian family dictatorship.
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