Alexander the Great could not conquer them. He paid for passage through their country. His general had to fight his way through with heavy losses. Ain't history great? Fred.
On Sat, Aug 21, 2021 at 5:24 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 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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