Where There's Smoke, Perhaps They're's Some Fire In Afghanistan

Freeranger · 2021-08-17T22:49:37-04:00

Afghanistan - Where There's Smoke, Perhaps They're's Some Fire In Afghanistan I'd commented here and there... (6 replies).

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I'd commented here and there on posts that different members had posted regarding our great Afghanistan debacle, but as I sat back and thought after each one I read or replied to, I could only shake my head. I'd like to have seen Afghanistan succeed and gain it's feet, kick out the Taliban and Al-Qaeda, as well as see Pakistan receive a kick in the balls for it's harboring of them. In one of my replies earlier I had mentioned Ahmed Massoud, and how the Taliban needed him dead because he and his Northern Alliance really were that good at kicking their ass pre-911. Their natural fortress in the Hindu Kush mountains northeast of Kabul was never overrun, and ably defended by Massoud and his men. Sadly, Massoud was assassinated two days before the Twin Towers fell in New York, so his story was never really understood by the American public.
Fast forward 20 years on, everything seems to be fading to black, and with the great debacle underway, there is no hope....or.....is there?
Credits to Coffee or Die (Black Rifle Coffee} for a fine article.

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msros · F

Its back to Sharia law and women are doomed. America just wanted to be out from there.

Freeranger · M

@msros It's always darkest before the dawn, and while I know it looks that way, there are times when great events turn on small hinges. While there's no question that right now, the Afghan's are looking thru the glass darkly, the forces that are beginning to flood in to Massoud's camp have combat experience. If you have not read the article I provided, you should. Knowledge is power.
Personally, I don't see change right away, but if they can maintain that sense of peasant's tenacity, wouldn't it be sensational if this gathering of the Northern Alliance became the very catalyst for overthrow of the Taliban, and the actual formation of a free and independent Afghanistan that they fight and win for themselves? It has to come from within. I say, let's wait and see....

Heartlander · 80-89, M

@Freeranger

Tell these freedom fighters to be extra careful if someone from Washington offers to help.