May I ask in which World do you live? How enormous technological gap was there between US & Afghanistan? One side you have daisy cutters, on ther other side there were shoesless poor Afghanis with old AK-47. Isn't that true? then, where went all those advanced weapons and technology? That's where FAITH comes in. US is facing humiliating defeat at the hands of Taalibaan.
I live in this world. Thanks for asking.
Afghanistan is a different ball game. Also, Afghanistan has benefit of rough territory and being located in the middle of other countries. There is no direct route to Afghanistan for the USA.
However, if you think that Taliban forces are scoring major victories in Afghanistan, then you surely live in la la land. No major US military base hase been overrun and neither Kabul.
Taliban is a very different kind of fighting force. It has no military face.
Incidents of bomb blasts take place in Pakistan too. TTP is still active. So do you presume that Pakistan lost in WOT too?
Iran defended their country against all odds, if thats not a win, what would be? Defending country and conquering Iraq at the same time?
Iran fought Iraq. There were no all odds that you speak of.
Yes, a brief naval confrontation took place between USA and Iran which has been dubbed as Operation Praying Mantis. And guess who took the beating?
Thats not how it works, I wrote extensive analysis of potential invasion of Iran, but cant create new thread for some reason.
I am sure that it would be another flawless analysis.
Maybe you need to learn a little history.
I prefer facts over propaganda.
yeah you toppled saddam and left a more hostile pro-iranian iraq,so in the long run ,it doesnt count.
Last time I checked, Iran is not owned by Muqtada Al-Sadr who has Iranian backing. You are wrong if you assume that Iran holds much influence in Iraq. At maximum, Iranian influence would extend to the Shia community. However, Iraq has two other major factions too.
Any Iranian attempt to create instability in Iraq would backfire. Iraqi sunni population is well-known for its hot temper. And Iran is already facing Kurd problem.
In the vietnam war you lost,north vietam successfully invaded and annexed south vietnam .Korea war was a stale mate since both UN invasion of North Korea and then finally the Chinese invasion were repelled.
Like it or not, these were fronts. However, actual war was dubbed as COLD WAR. And we all know from history that which side ultimately won in this conflict.
In afghanistan,although the US has gained success in eliminating the alqaeda threat,but on the other hand the CION operations against the taliban have been counter productive and on top of that you have placed a corrupt northern alliance government.
win for the defence corporations and the oil corporations but the american taxpayers have truly lost.
US is not interested in exterminating Taliban. To be honest, you cannot differentiate between an armed civilian and a Taliban fighter in Afghanistan.
