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Was it really a defeat for the US? Seems more like the US realized the futility of nation building there and just withdrew, hoping the propped up Afghan governm

Was it really a defeat for the US? Seems more like the US realized the futility of nation building there and just withdrew, hoping the propped up Afghan government wouldn't just surrender or flee.

lenkite 5y ago
That excuse for defeat can be given by any nation who withdrew from Afghanistan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80... Result: Taliban Victory
imwillofficial 5y ago
It wasn’t a victory, it wasn’t a draw. It was a defeat, no matter what coat of paint you put on it.
- tyingq 5y ago
  It absolutely was a defeat, but the asymmetric numbers get worse every year for a guerilla force fighting a huge war machine. The ratio of deaths for the US versus the Afghans was staggering...the Taliban won, but at a huge cost of life. I don't know if there's the same cultural will in Ukraine to absorb that kind of pummeling.
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