John wrote:
> At 10:37 AM 9/25/01 +1000 Russell Chapman wrote:
> >The East India company and the Russians may have failed, but plenty of
others
> >have succeeded - the trick is to achieve your objectives and get out -
leave
> >Afghanistan to the Afghans. The Raj who invaded to curb the Afghan raids
into
> >India succeeded in going in and rooting out the raiders, but didn't make
the
> >mistake of trying to install a government.
>
> Indeed, didn't the Mongols succeed in controling Afghanistan?
Yep, as did Alexander the Great.
Adam C. Lipscomb
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