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Afghanistan
Taliban: We are the winners. We have won this war!
2021-02-07
Posted by:3dc

#15  A man, a plan (anal): Panama!

Kosovo's OK!
Posted by: Skunky Platypus6263   2021-02-07 22:18  

#14  Hmm. Probably should've put quotes around that. And my first ever sarc tag.
Posted by: Injun Platypus7297   2021-02-07 19:12  

#13  Ah, winning! A helluva thrill.
What a triumph of popular will
Was whipping you curs
And our provocateurs
At the Battle of Capitol Hill!
Posted by: Injun Platypus7297   2021-02-07 19:09  

#12  Detroit !
Posted by: Kofi tse Tung7611   2021-02-07 18:28  

#11  Kosovo!
Posted by: Bill Whumble8213   2021-02-07 18:21  

#10  Panama
Posted by: Snoluting White5292   2021-02-07 16:42  

#9  ^ But Heartbreak Ridge was a decent movie...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-02-07 14:40  

#8  Grenada...tough customers there.
Posted by: Clem   2021-02-07 14:24  

#7  First Gulf War
Posted by: Eohippus Elmush3754   2021-02-07 14:10  

#6  ^Korea
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-02-07 13:43  

#5  /\ Very true, and not just applicable to conflicts in the ME. It would appear that the last conflict in which we achieved victory was WWII.
Posted by: Besoeker   2021-02-07 12:51  

#4  It really is so simple. We were never willing to do what needed to be done to win. The Taliban didn't really win - they didn't have to as long as they didn't lose.
Posted by: Bangkok Billy   2021-02-07 12:35  

#3  A couple of GBUs on key areas in Balochistan, Multan and carpet bombing along the durand line would have won it. Thanks to the American deepState's undying love for Pakistain, this did not happen.

What happens when the interests of some fool 'strategists' in Washington trump those of the taxpayer, the soldier.
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-02-07 09:33  

#2  
"These demands are not open to negotiation or discussion. The Taliban must act, and act immediately. They will hand over the terrorists, or they will share in their fate."

George W. Bush, Statement To Joint Session Of Congress September 20th 2001


The Taliban ignored the demands. Their mere existence implies they won.

Of course GWB's statement was never to be taken seriously. Powell retracted it less than a moth later in Pakistan.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660   2021-02-07 05:00  

#1  True.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-02-07 01:35  

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