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Originally Posted by jmcarter
Did anyone really think it all wouldn’t end his way? The Taliban was kicking the Afghan forces butts regardless of how many troops we had there to support them. It didn’t matter one iota which administration finally pulled the plug.
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Yes. To put this into perspective, there are about 60,000 Taliban forces in Afghanistan, the standing Afghanistan Army was about 300,000+.
You can lead a horse to water, give the arms to guard the pond, but you can't make em drink.