Thread: Афганистан: как история повторяет себя

Originally Posted by Hanna

That it's a bad idea to start a war in Afghanistan.....

Yes, that's true too. It's a bad idea to start a war in Afghanistan. But, I'm asking WHY???????? What's so interesting in Afghanistan? Is that some kind of the magic land that whoever has the control over it would rule the entire world?

"Is that some kind of the magic land"
Афганистан страна чудес - зашел в кишлак и там исчез.

Originally Posted by gsold

Афганистан страна чудес - зашел в кишлак и там исчез.

Чудна страна Афганистан: любой крестьянин там - шайтан.

Originally Posted by Crocodile

Yes, that's true too. It's a bad idea to start a war in Afghanistan. But, I'm asking WHY???????? What's so interesting in Afghanistan? Is that some kind of the magic land that whoever has the control over it would rule the entire world?

You're forgetting about the ordinary Afghan people... What do you think, was it cool for them to be ruled by the talibs???

Originally Posted by Eric C.

You're forgetting about the ordinary Afghan people... What do you think, was it cool for them to be ruled by the talibs???

Aren't talibs ordinary Afghan people?

Originally Posted by it-ogo

Aren't talibs ordinary Afghan people?

Like each criminal or terrorist is an "ordinary" representative of some nation.

Originally Posted by Eric C.

Like each criminal or terrorist is an "ordinary" representative of some nation.

Isn't the political movement, which gained enough people's support to take power in a country, full of armed men, and keep it until the foreign invasion, something more than just several criminals and terrorists?

Originally Posted by it-ogo

Isn't the political movement, which gained enough people's support to take power in a country, full of armed men, and keep it until the foreign invasion, something more than just several criminals and terrorists?

When terrorists take over a bus, for instance, you can ask the passengers if they like their new "authorities". I bet there wouldn't be one against them. Fear and Stockholm syndrome...