Taliban prisoners to be freed

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Originally Posted by Bigerik

At least it is now evident what any of us who had read history KNEW when the invasion of Afghanistan began: that it was a totally useless and futile gesture. As soon as the US pulled out, things would go right back to how it was before. The US was ALWAYS going to lose that war. I was going to say Osama was brilliant, but that's giving him too much credit. He was a savvy guy who understood how the world works. Especially how the US right was wired. Years in the grave now, and he is still winning.

Indeed. We should have just bombed the piss out of them as punishment for 9/11 and left it at that. It would have sent a message to any other potential perps and would have left Afghanistan in exactly the same shape as it is now.