مهما طال الليلM to Middle East and North Africa · 30 days agoThe US is not invincible. If Afghanistan can defeat it so can others in the region. Freedom isn’t free and liberation always comes at a heavy pricemessage-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up19arrow-down112
arrow-up1-3arrow-down1message-squareThe US is not invincible. If Afghanistan can defeat it so can others in the region. Freedom isn’t free and liberation always comes at a heavy priceمهما طال الليلM to Middle East and North Africa · 30 days agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareMelastSB@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·30 days ago if the Afghans shared [my reservations] then the Taliban wouldn’t have survived and retaken the government. You’re serious? “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun”, the Talibans had many guns
minus-squareمهما طال الليلOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·edit-230 days agoThe US-backed government had bigger guns, 20 years in power and US-backing, they still failed. The barrel of a gun doesn’t give legitimacy, neither does a foreign military occupation, popular support does.
You’re serious? “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun”, the Talibans had many guns
The US-backed government had bigger guns, 20 years in power and US-backing, they still failed. The barrel of a gun doesn’t give legitimacy, neither does a foreign military occupation, popular support does.