RE: US and Taliban sign deal to withdraw American troops from Afghanistan
February 29, 2020 at 6:58 pm
(February 29, 2020 at 4:54 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: It might have something to do with the Taliban having much shorter supply lines, fighting on their own turf, being supported by Russia, and having things like grenade launchers, armoured fighting vehicles, anti-aircraft guns...those sorts of things.
Historically, Afghanistan has always been hard on invaders.
Boru
In Vietnam a Huey pilot RTB to find arrows stuck in the bottom of his chopper.
He laughed and said to his crew chief -"How the fuck do the gooks think they can win a war with bows and arrows"?.
The crew chief replied "How can you defeat a man who is so determined as to attack against all odds?"