tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post968127076395875332..comments2023-10-01T14:37:09.159+01:00Comments on Maysaloon - ميسلون: Britain and the United States defeated in AfghanistanMaysaloonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06826378383173206624noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30984739.post-42181422344175152102010-01-29T17:53:12.825+00:002010-01-29T17:53:12.825+00:00You're basically right I believe. I couldn...You're basically right I believe. I couldn't help but compare your point to what just happened on the Yemeni-Saudi border. A bunch of local rebels outgunned the Yemeni AND Saudi militaries even with US assistance. The Houthis weren't after occupying any chunk of the Saudis territory, but they did need to give them a bloody nose so they'd leave them alone in the future they hope. Having accomplished that they offered a ceasefire and withdrew. The Saudis, humiliated and proven militarily incapable, decided to take the occasion to...declare victory! Woo-hoo! I imagine we'll see the western powers in Afghanistan do the same eventually.<br /><br />The sad thing is, I do genuinely believe that given there was a real justifiable reason to go in back in 2001 (yes, I know, I'm ignoring the long history of colonial meddling and by multiple powers including the US earlier, but still a moral case could be made even if imperfect after the 9/11 strikes), it could have been different. If the US had gone in and after it's quick victory put in 10 times as much money into infrastructure development as it did into the military side of things, they could have used those first couple years of relative peace to create an entirely different dynamic of genuine help. Instead, they blew it ten times over, and just to add insult to injury they slaughtered hundreds of thousands of innocents in Iraq too. What a mess.NonArab-Arabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16983377704212047641noreply@blogger.com