Three cheers for VB

[BlueStreak]

Originally Posted by Combwork

I'm not sure about unconquerable, but I don't think it can be done by going in with a specific objective, then once that objective has been achieved or abandoned, withdrawing. If you look at history, it seems to me that the only sure way to conquer is to colonise and if need be to bring the natives in line, use brute force at a local level.

And is Afghanistan worth all of that? That's the question.

So far no one whose tried seems to think so. Not the British, the Soviets, and ultimately, I believe, not us either.

Dave