If memory serves me correctly, didn’t Russia get mired down in Afghanistan with one of the results WE allowed MANY Russian immigrants because Russia couldn’t support them if they called off their Military Operations? — which virtually resulted in ‘us’ allowing hardened Russian troops to relocate to Brooklyn with basically no other skills than survival and ‘murder’, hence the ‘Russian Mafia’ was either born or given a huge boost up?
Also believe that the ‘Russians ‘weekend’ with Afghanistan was a major problem of bankrupting them’, thus ‘allowing’ us to ‘win’ the Cold War?
I believe ‘we’ were also warned of the dangers of a long term engagement in Afghanistan ....
They truly seem to be a people who just want to be left alone and a ‘true’ example of a nation armed with sort of prehistoric weapons, getting an occasional stinger or two from the people who would like to see the ‘invaders’ lose - we did it against Russia and apparently it is being done to us by our ‘not so friendly ‘friends’’.
I guess you could almost call Afghanistan the modern version of ‘Can a Handgun beat an Army’ not once, but for the second time in modern times they are ‘holding’ their own against a Major power.
Even convincing their conqueror/benefactor into training and arming them so they can turn against their conqueror/benefactor.
Since you brought it up...
http://www.rcusa.org/index.php?page=presidential-determinations-2007
One might ask, what with our borders being UNsecure for so long, leftist run city's rushing to declare themselves open and NumbersUSA alleging BO's DHS chief, Jeh Johnson, reported the Obama administration is 'writing new policies that will eliminate deportations for almost all illegal immigrants', what's an additional 70,000 refugees tossed into the mix?
One explanation, as your example of the 'Russian Mafia' growth on our shores and the reported long ago settlement of the 'defeated' Republican Guard in the Midwest makes possible is, now those in charge have a hardened cadre in place to help massage our POV into a more ready state of acceptance of even more change.
Just trying to make sense of all this un-American activity going on at the highest levels.
Got to give the old fashioned Afghanis credit for tending the graves of the Brits because they were seen as honorable adversaries, AND they brought nifty guns, nice cloths and ever so much ammo.
Time is fast approaching for the balloon to go up on the final game of Cowboys and Muslims. Alexander the Great marched in, got an arrow in his shoulder and was married to a nasty termagant wife, Afghani, of course.
Only the American forces were in control, and that was because we simply destroyed from above instead of doing the ground conquering bit.
Got to give the old fashioned Afghanis credit for tending the graves of the Brits because they were seen as honorable adversaries, AND they brought nifty guns, nice cloths and ever so much ammo.
Time is fast approaching for the balloon to go up on the final game of Cowboys and Muslims. Alexander the Great marched in, got an arrow in his shoulder and was married to a nasty termagant wife, Afghani, of course.
Only the American forces were in control, and that was because we simply destroyed from above instead of doing the ground conquering bit.
I could almost believe the “just want to be left alone” notion about the Afgannies but that would require some sort of actual thot on their part. These are people whose family tree is more like a family circle. They not only haven’t mastered the flush toilet but ain’t that good with terlet paper. And they really aren’t much good with fire either. They will eventually waddle into the 19th century but it will come from the kids who gradually see things can be better from the outside world——not from the cross eyed inbred degenerates who kill girls to keep them from getting educated.———Note to the closest Ganny: come and get me Ackmed-—I have something for you.