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> Nobody's invaded Afghanistan twice. There's about 3 anglo-afghan wars and the more recent invasion and occupation involving Britain. There's earlier example

• throwaway0a5e 5y ago
  The Anglo-<pick a random group in that general area> wars are just the baggage that went with their colonization of the Indian subcontinent (including Pakistan) The idea of nation state borders didn't really work well in that part of the word in that century. In any case they sure aren't interested in wasting returning to the region. Pretty much all the other colonial powers have a similar "nope, not our problem any more" attitude toward meddling portions of their sphere or influence that they left because the locals made staying too expensive. Algeria is across the pond and the French want nothing to do with it. Contrast with Russia which is constantly poking and occasionally invading its former sphere of influence.
  • ashwagary 5y ago
    >Pretty much all the other colonial powers have a similar "nope, not our problem any more" attitude >Algeria is across the pond and the French want nothing to do with it. The French are currently robbing the citizens of ~1/3 of all African countries through their central banks and they have assassinated 22 African presidents since ~1970. I don't think you are qualified to discuss this topic in any depth, most of your earlier claims are patently false. I only picked this one to tear apart due to time constaints.