whufc wrote:The Bedge wrote:Scenes out of Afghanistan, heartbreaking.. videos of people trying to climb the outside of departing US planes just to escape - and then falling from the sky.
20 years of stuff ups culminating in these horrific scenes. Feel for everyone over there but in particular the women and children who will lose the most.
Cant see that situation changing in our lifetime, hardly think any western country will touch Afghanistan again for a very long time, especially if the Taliban are happy to just sit in Afghanistan and not have more global goals in mind.
What do you mean by "stuff ups"?
The US and Allied Forces have spent over 3 trillion dollars building a 300,000 strong army for the Afghani Government to be able to defend themselves against the Taliban who are 100% ground troops, the US have employed the Afghani army, how heartbreaking for them to see the Government fold like a deck of cards at the first sign of trouble at the capital?
It's a devastating situation for the world, the women have no rights and the rest of the world can only watch on, there is no answer now, invading them is pointless, containment and monitoring them now will be the main focus.