re: #440 darthstar (click me, I dare ya)

Eventually, Afghanistan will get a benefactor to help their resistance to the US, as they did when we helped them against the Soviets.

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.