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Whatever military force was in Afghanistan never posed any sort of credible threat or resistance against the US military. The "resistance" that the US military
by muninn_ 10y ago
Whatever military force was in Afghanistan never posed any sort of credible threat or resistance against the US military. The "resistance" that the US military faced came in terms of the US military wanting to try and recreate the society there, and having troops attacked while just driving around or facing resistance while conducting raids. If the US military wanted to, they could have easily destroyed every single living being and human structure in Afghanistan without much effort, they just didn't because they don't do that kind of stuff as a matter of policy.
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- pm90 10y agoYou could basically say the same thing about any post WW2 engagement, but it means nothing. To wipe out all humans/buildings is an empty threat. Theoretically, the US could get rid of any country it didn't want by nuking them.
- muninn_ 10y agoRight, but that makes the parent comment to mine meaningless as well. The United States allowed a resistance only so much as it was tolerable versus something they cared about more.
- eveningcoffee 10y agoThis is what Russians did in the Second Chechen War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Grozny_(1999%E2%80%932000) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Grozny_(1999%E2%80%9...
- ocschwar 10y agoRussia isn't going to utterly destroy Sweden either. What they want is to disintegrate the European economy so they can have better access to it. Leveling Sweden would be both expensive and unprofitable. Bullying Sweden is much more up Putin's alley.
- Spooky23 10y agoHuh? Who is in control there? Hint: not the US.
- muninn_ 10y agoControl in what sense?