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I'm confused - are you saying that Afghanistan triumphed?
by chrift 7y ago
I'm confused - are you saying that Afghanistan triumphed?
- barsonme 7y agoDid we win Afghanistan? Did we win Vietnam?
- throwaway_law 7y ago>Did we win Afghanistan? The Soviets withdrew from Afghanistan and the illegitimate communist government was ousted right?
- AnimalMuppet 7y agoYes, and then? There was this US-vs-Taliban thing...
- throwaway_law 7y agoEntirely different war and entirely different enemy. It would be like equating WWI Germany with WWII Nazi Germany...but who knows, maybe people do that.
- Redoubts 7y agoIt's certainly not a win for the US there.
- lostlogin 7y agoOr for the people there. Is it possible that all sides lost?
- filoleg 7y agoI mean, the major difference is that with the Afghanistan, the US troops just get to return back home after fighting in the disaster that Afghanistan has become. I think it would be a bit more different when you have nowhere else to come back to, other than the place you just unsuccessfully destabilized and ravaged.
- throwaway_law 7y agoThe democratically elected leader was over thrown by the Communist party and the Soviets invaded to support the illegitimate communist government. The US supported the anti-communist opposition, and the Soviets withdrew and Afghanistan returned to democratic elections. Like all things politics, its all how you spin it. Perhaps the real loss was what happened after the US spent over $1T to spread democracy in Afghanistan, they began electing the Taliban as their democratic leaders, and we ultimately went to war against the Taliban costing even more. That firmly established the US believes in democracy so long as we also support the party that wins the elections.
- Redoubts 7y ago> Perhaps the real loss was what happened after the US spent over $1T to spread democracy Yes, this is the event we're talking about. Not the one in the 80s.
- throwaway_law 7y agoWell the Taliban is no longer in power, removing them from power was the purpose of our use of force and military operations in Afghanistan starting in 2001...again when it comes to war "winning" is kind of in the eye of the beholder. FYI we spent over $1T to spread democracy in Afghanistan pre-2001.
- ptero 7y agoI think the point is that the US military with vastly superior firepower, organization and funding failed to conquer (i.e., control) the country.