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The Taliban could easily be defeated if the occupying military didn't care about civilians and accepted destruction of the country. What doesn't work is fighti
by spaetzleesser 5y ago
The Taliban could easily be defeated if the occupying military didn't care about civilians and accepted destruction of the country.
What doesn't work is fighting while also trying to build up a country, After WW2 Germany and Japan only worked because there was basically no resistance and the occupying powers could focus completely on rebuilding civilian society.
What makes it even worse in countries like Vietnam, Afghanistan or Iraq is that the occupiers have no understanding of these societies and are trying to impose Western values on them.
- nxmnxm99 5y agoYour latter points are exactly the problem with the US and western foreign policy in general. This belief that everyone just desperately wants the freedom to do a liberal arts degree and wear short shorts. The average Afghan has never looked at US society and culture aspirationally. They admire our wealth - that's it.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 5y ago> After WW2 Germany and Japan only worked because there was basically no resistance Exactly - and that is because the enemy in WW2 was a centrally led conventional army. Defeat it once, and it just stops, it's over.