ok. I was thinking more in terms of them being the previous occupying power and also having lots of fun in the khyber pass, but the detail is more complicated it seems, as it always is when you bump up the detail. Seriously, thanks for the aside; I did not realize that.
On Sun, Sep 14, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually that's wrong. They occupied Afghanistan several times. The last time > was around 1920 or so when Afghanistan tried to invade what is now Pakistan. > That final occupation, which ended in the mid 30's was the most peaceful > period in modern Afghanistan's history. > >>it was the British before that. Talk about not learning from history. >> >> >>> Russia tried to secure Afghanistan for 10 years before they finally >>> withdrew.. >>> It's not like they're meeting us on a battlefield.. they're hiding in >>> their caves and attacking in small numbers, civilians, soldiers and >>> the like. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:269234 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
