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Originally Posted by Neils
No politics here
Wonder why we could maintain a very large base in Germany for about 75 years after we defeated the Nazi and help ensure a stable government. Same for Japan. Same for Manila.
But now a relatively small force left in Afghanistan that mostly operated air power and intelligence services for the remote locations from a secure base at Bagram was deemed urgent to close.
I question why our leaders are making these decisions.
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Germany and Japan had an HONORABLE military and governments that SIGNED a SURRENDER agreement with the US. The Afghanistan Taliban were a loose coalition of about 15 stone-age tribes that never stopped fighting because they knew that eventually, we would leave. 20 years ago no top country wanted to stay there because Afghanistan had NOTHING worth trading for. Today, it is a little different because Afghanistan has lithium. But, it is in remote mountains and roads are a problem.