US Threatens to Withdraw Troops from Afghanistan

[the2real4mafol]

Kasz216 said:

the2real4mafol said:

Mummelmann said:
Threatens to withdraw - should never have been there in the first place.

Agreed, America really helped start all this by backing the Mujahadeen (some of who are Taliban now) in the Afghan-Soviet war (proxy war) of the 1980's. The 2001 invasion itself has not really had any benefits. It's only destroyed more of Afghanistan and left them with a corrupt puppet (Karzai). The "war on terror" was bogus with the stuff happening there by both sides.

Anyway, there's one thing Afghanistan needs to reduce influence of the Taliban. It needs to be allowed to grow it's economy, war only hinders that.

Here is Kabul in the 1970s before any wars kicked off. It's was still poor but a very progressive place to be. 

What exactly do you think Moden Kabul looks like.  Based on your pictures it makes it sound like you think it's a burnt out husk of huts with no modern stores.

As opposed to

 

Pretty much the same thing, but more developed.

 

As for reducing the Talibans influence.   Karzai can't keep them incontrol with the waning support the US is giving him.  Without the US, Karzai is screwed.  Hence why there is talk about bringing the Taliban into the fold government wise.

Obviously the city has grown, there are way more people now but war and instability for 35 years has done far too much damage. It should of been a developed country by now and Afghanistan likely would of been if it wasn't for ongoing war. Even if Kabul looks similar, stuff like women's rights and decent government certainly don't seem to exist anymore. A huge shame.

While the Taliban to me are like communist insurgents, they thrive off everyone's economic hardship. So if anything, just stop the war. Fund the building of better infrastructure and factories. Similar to Japan after ww2.