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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo, this seems to sum up what Trump said.
Charles P. PierceVerified account @CharlesPPierce 39m39 minutes ago
Apparently we are going to win the war in Afghanistan by winning the war in Afghanistan.
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Everybody got it now?
NanceGreggs
(27,814 posts)forgotmylogin
(7,528 posts)I mean obviously, he knows what's up.
johnp3907
(3,731 posts)D_Master81
(1,822 posts)If only Bush or Obama had thought of that before this thing would've been over long ago.
underpants
(182,803 posts)The Afghanistan area has been invaded many times in recorded history, but no invader has been able to control all of its regions at the same time, and at some point faced rebellion. Some of the invaders in the history of Afghanistan include the Maurya Empire of ancient India, Alexander the Great of Macedon, Umar, an Arab Caliphate, Genghis Khan of Mongolia, Timur of Persia and Central Asia, the Mughal Empire of India, various Persian Empires, the British Empire, the Sikh Empire, the Soviet Union, and most recently a coalition force of NATO troops, the majority from the United States, which entered the country in the first-ever invocation of NATO's Article 5 "an attack on one is an attack on all" following the September 11 attacks in the United States.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasions_of_Afghanistan
Dyedinthewoolliberal
(15,574 posts)is an excellent book about foreign powers trying to rule Afghanistan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7335724-beyond-khyber-pass
underpants
(182,803 posts)burrowowl
(17,641 posts)zentrum
(9,865 posts)TimeToGo
(1,366 posts)I've got so many secret plans it's unbelievable. I've got such great secret plans. The best. They are so secret, way better than anyone's. Obama had secrets, let me tell you. But my plans are so secret I don't even know them. That's what secret means, most people don't know that.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,491 posts)That's great! Not even his hairdresser knows!
BigmanPigman
(51,593 posts)kaotikross
(246 posts)Trump should just go ahead and win it tomorrow, he can probably get it done between holes at Bedminster.
forgotmylogin
(7,528 posts)He multitasks. He's a smart person. Otherwise, he wouldn't have TIME to play golf. I mean, you know how to win at golf right? You put the ball in the hole. That's the secret Trump knows that nobody else does. He's gotta enjoy golfing, because real soon we won't have the budget for him to golf anymore.