Are we losing in Afghanistan?

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Originally Posted by merrylander

The problem is in trying to establish a central government in a mainly tribal area. When the colonial powers established the borders in that area no consideration waas given to the tribes. So the borders are mostly irrelevant but as long as Afghanistan was allowed to have its de-centralized political system things pretty much worked. Trying to setup Kharzai as president is never going to work, and besides he is a crook.

in hindsight we should have left Afghanistan to the Russians.

The Russian and their local allies had the mujas beaten until we gave them (mujas) the stingers.