If the US were to lose both Afghanistan & Iraq

[DonFrancisco]

In light of the Utah mayor killed by an Afghan Ally/friendly it seems like the US Will not be able beat the Taliban and their allies.

What would happen to the US if the government put in place were to lose power to the Taliban?

 

[Gains]

to focused on central american caravans

 

[88m3]

In light of the Utah mayor killed by an Afghan Ally/friendly it seems like the US Will not be able beat the Taliban and their allies.

What would happen to the US if the government put in place were to lose power to the Taliban?

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idk

I doubt we would give up on Afghanistan if we did Pakistan/Iran would probably have a proxy war and or try and stabilize it

 

[GnauzBookOfRhymes]

it's just going to be a long stalemate until the two sides come to some negotiated "agreement" that will last just long enough for the US to claim some sort of moral victory, withdraw, and then the fighting will restart. but the US will never truly leave - they will probably always support the existing govt through supplies/money/air power just enough that the taliban cannot claim a total/complete victory.

 

[BoBurnz]

Afghanistan was savable. Bush completely abandoning the nation to go and destroy Iraq because Saddam tried to kill his father is one of his many grand travesties of human life.

Now, there is no saving the country from Wahhabism and turning right back into an islamist extremist state where women go right back to being property and north and south engage in yet another violent and protracted civil war.

He should have never let Massoud die.

 

[Geek Nasty]

Afghanistan isn't a win/lose situation. We been in control there for 15 years, problem is you can't stop asymmetric warfare. Any fool and run into a restaurant with a grenade.

 

[the cac mamba]

as far as im concerned, we already lost both we could have repaved every road in america with what we spent there...for nothing. so chicken hawk republicans could tell us we're spreading democracy

 

[Strapped]

What was there to win in iraq ,syria ,lybia & Afghanistan. All that mess was based on lies & agenda with millions of lives lost . Get out

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Afghanistan isn't a win/lose situation. We been in control there for 15 years, problem is you can't stop asymmetric warfare. Any fool and run into a restaurant with a grenade.

There are fairly large portions of the country that we haven't been in control of.

 

[Red Shield]

the usa is already toast in those two countries...

the only question is if there is gonna be a controlled or chaotic pullout

 

[BoBurnz]

There are fairly large portions of the country that we haven't been in control of.

Helmand and much of the south we've basically been constantly fighting the insurgency from day one. Karzai having no popular legitimacy beyond Kabul didn't help.

 

[GodinDaFlesh]

Why are we still in these irrelevant countries?

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Why are we still in these irrelevant countries?

Iraq and Afghanistan both been at the center of a LOT of major world events over the last 70 years breh.


edit: not saying we should be there, war is bad, invasions are bad, imperialism is bad, globalization mostly bad.

 

[GodinDaFlesh]

Iraq and Afghanistan both been at the center of a LOT of major world events over the last 70 years breh.


edit: not saying we should be there, war is bad, invasions are bad, imperialism is bad, globalization mostly bad.

I take that back, we're mainly there for the oil and gas.

 

[Jhoon]

Americans have already admitted they have lost both countries militarily. The public haven't figured it out yet.