re: #443 erik_t

History repeats itself because of common factors, not because History likes to hear itself talk. What nation has the ability and the interest to influence Afghanistan in a way unfavorable to the United States, and either would not suffer repercussions or would consider the trade to be worth it?

The Cold War is over. Proxy wars seem, to a great extent, to be over. We should GTFO out of Afghanistan, but not because some sort of nebulous shadowy Taliban-supporter is lurking in the wings.

True…great line by the way, can I borrow it?…but where one cold war ends, another begins. I don’t put it beyond China’s interest to keep the US bogged down in a military and fiscal whirl pool. We destroyed the Soviets by letting them bankrupt themselves.