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Tom Rinaldo

(23,163 posts) Thu Sep 2, 2021, 08:16 AM Sep 2021

The Taliban won because of their unblinking fervor... [View all]

...with embedded beliefs hermetically sealed off from reality.

That is why our own Democracy (and all of the rights we enjoy under it) is so at risk. There is no doubt we have the numbers here, but our enemies are fanatical and unyielding. How, when, and where do we counter that?

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The Taliban won because of their unblinking fervor... [View all] Tom Rinaldo Sep 2021 OP

Determination based on principle and values. Joinfortmill Sep 2021 #1

I have principles...but my most important one is this 'Thou shalt vote Demsrule86 Sep 2021 #6

The Taliban "won" because we won every battle but could not win the occupation. Botany Sep 2021 #2

No. It's true that they could not defeat U.S. troops in combat. Defeating the U.S. wasn't their goal Tom Rinaldo Sep 2021 #3

If we had killed bin Laden @ Tora Bora after we had removed the Taliban from power .... Botany Sep 2021 #7

That's part of it but let's not neglect the corruption that was the Afghan abqtommy Sep 2021 #4

Yes, corruption undermined resistance to the Taliban, but it still misses the point Tom Rinaldo Sep 2021 #5