re: Inputs on Afiganistan from reputable people

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I will eat my yarmulke if we "win".
Do you fans of trump really see taliban just giving up? What would be reason?

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We have to let go of all our ambitions, and accept Afghanistan for what it is. A wild, violent, and primitive place. A place where our values are entirely alien, and unwanted.

If we go, the Taliban will retake the south, but that's their homeland, and these are their tribes. So perhaps there's no much we could ever do about that.

So what do we do? Partition? Rump states? Make our peace with the Taliban? The state the Soviets built did fight on, after the withdrawal. It only fell when the money stopped. So perhaps we could keep funding the ANA, to perpetuate the status quo - but that's a loser.

All we've got are ugly options.