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Originally Posted by Thepaindispenser
Even Vietnam is not applicable to today, we have bombs that we can guide to specific spots, night vision glasses, by far the best equipment in the world. We, with the aide of the Norther Alliance, got to Kabul very quickly, then we should have left. The Taliban was complicit in the 9/11 attacks as they not only gave Bin Laden safe haven, they also let him train terrorists there. Once we knocked the Taliban out of power, the message was delivered and we should have left, that would have been back in 2002.
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fat lot of good modern technology is when you can't keep up with someone's location from day to day. they don't recognize borders either. you can't knock them out conventionally. it takes intelligence and strikes. and those could take place anywhere- which causes huge problems. witness drone strikes in pakistan. those aren't exactly great for keeping good relations with people.
of course it's applicable to compare to vietnam. very similar set ups with a populace you can't trust, and an ability to know who is the bad guy?