Don't forget the British! Curt Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 5:04 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: The USSR tried and failed.
The USA tried and failed. What will China do differently? On Sat, Aug 21, 2021, at 4:51 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes wrote: > Anyone want to place a bet on which country will try to conquer Afghanistan > next? Lots of mineral wealth in addition to the opium trade, might be > tempting to China. > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > > > On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 3:21 PM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Huh. I thought they were Asiatic roses... > > > > On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 1:23 PM G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com > > > > > wrote: > > > > > It also helps to totally own the largest opium production poppy fields in > > > the world, just to finance those necessary war items, while being > > ruthless. > > > Just for your reading pleasure: > > > https://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/resources/taliban_opium_1.pdf > > > and: > > > > > > > > https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2017/11/21/afghanistans-opium-production-is-through-the-roof-why-washington-shouldnt-overreact/ > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 10:01 AM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > It helps to be ruthless, conscience-free, and well organized. > > > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 12:53 PM Karl Wittnebel via Mercedes < > > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Funny how they seem to have won the 20 year war despite their lack of > > > top > > > > > dollar equipment. I bet their budget was a lot lower than ours. > > Perhaps > > > > we > > > > > should take a few notes from their procurement guys. Ww2 was won with > > > > > similarly dirt simple tech IIRC. > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Aug 21, 2021, 9:26 AM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > > > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > This is a great selling point for Tesla: WE DO NOT SELL TO THE > > > TALIBAN. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 10:09 PM Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes < > > > > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > The vehicle of choice for the hajis, mujis, skinnies, and all > > other > > > > > forms > > > > > > > of brave freedom fighters against the Great Satan. 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