Comment by baxtr
3 days ago
Iraq worked out quite ok after 20 years if my contacts there are to believed.
Afghanistan failed miserably.
3 days ago
Iraq worked out quite ok after 20 years if my contacts there are to believed.
Afghanistan failed miserably.
Sadam was there because of the US (1959), and he was removed by the US, and not because he was a ruthless dictator.
Bin Laden & Afghanistan same (though obviously he was not their head of state) but much worse. Afghanistan has been abused by so many people it is hard to reason about it without having to go back a century or more.