On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 8:15 PM <[email protected]> wrote: *> For sure John they did somewhat but they still wanted to keep the > world's Muslims in their camp or attract more if they could. They figured > or had seated Saudi to the Americans but wanted to expand their influence > under the days of the Soviet Union. They were inhibited by their own > foreign policy desires.*
Huh? Who is "they"? John K Clark > > > On Friday, September 3, 2021 John Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 2:45 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > To control a land you must put boots on the ground, but this would need > constant bombing, say of their mountain caves. > > Yeah yeah bomb mountain caves, I've heard it all before. Mr. Armchair > General, do you really think the Soviets and the Americans never thought of > that? > > > We could win, or we could do empire crap, > > That's another question I have, how do you know when you've won the war in > Afghanistan? When you've taken the city of Kabul? The Americans did that > just a few weeks after they invaded the country, but it didn't help, 20 > years later they still lost the war in Afghanistan. I have no doubt the USA > could easily retake Kabul, but then what? Oh yeah I forgot, bomb mountain > caves for another 20 years. > > > keep the jihadists at bay, but this means constant pressure, constant > 'disrupting the ant hill. > > How long is "constant", how long must this constant pressure be applied, > another 20 years? I'd give Biden an A on his decision to pull out of a war > that was obviously lost, but I'd give him a D on the implementation of > that plan; the last days of a losing war are always going to be ugly but I > don't think they needed to be quite that ugly. I'd only give Trump a B on > his decision to pull out of a war that was obviously lost because he waited > till year 4 of his administration to make that decision, Biden did it on > year one of his. Like Biden I'd also give Trump a D for the implementation > of his plan because he negotiated it with the Taliban without conferring > with our Afghanistan allies and agreed to the immediate release of 5000 > dangerous Taliban prisoners who on being released immediately went back to > fighting. > > > What ended the Mongol Empire? The answer is The Little Ice Age. > > The Little Ice Age lasted from the 14th century to the middle of the 19th, > plenty of war and conquest and religious lunacy occurred during that time > that had nothing to do with the Mongol Empire. The Little Ice Age certainly > didn't make the human race less violent or crazy. > > >Thus, AGW might break the Jihad? > > Maybe, or maybe continental drift will break the Jihad, but American > soldiers dying in Afghanistan will not make the continents move faster or > the world get hotter. By the way, you've forgotten IHA. > > John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/CAJPayv2SnjktLTA98vT3N6EbFwNt2%3D8DM9sv5M3oXROh6o7CCQ%40mail.gmail.com.
