(10-24-2021, 03:59 AM)Jinx999 Wrote: https://www.yahoo.com/news/why-did-fight...56434.html
“Conquering the world on horseback is easy; it is dismounting and governing that is hard.”
The Taliban is faced with the difficulty of actually ruling Afghanistan, as opposed to conquering and looting.
So, a regime once known for its fundamentalist, yet tyrannical, corrupt, and hypocritical rule is once again a fundamentalist, yet tyrannical, corrupt, and hypocritical regime.
Color me surprised.</s>
It's going to be a really rude awakening for these people when they come to find themselves staring down the barrels of the guns they themselves once wielded. And in the hands of their own tribesmen, at that.
If Russia decides to go and try to claim the place once more, I'm inclined to just let them have it. With all the corruption and cronyism that runs rampant there, Afghanistan is far too much of a headache to deal with.