if they just read history they would have known
British were the only ones who managed to hold Helmand, I mean hold not win
2009 comes heavies move in and 11,000 US Marines entered with 155mm howitzers
2 years later US Marines ran off saying UK please look after Helmand we cant take it here, French ran off so did the Germans
UK had a skeleton force but thats what you need in Helmand, Royal Marines, 42 Commando, Gurkas and Black Watch light and fast well trained tough
British soldiers said they never seen anyone like the Taliban, even 3 tours of Iraq but Taliban was a different breed
Iraqi was crazy very fanatical crazy lunatics no training just high on drugs full frontal attack and get killed
Taliban was disciplined, organised and brave
British soldiers were routinely shot in the Helmet in pitch darkness, not once but again and again
no fluke shots these were marks men doing the shooting, UK soldiers would survive but Taliban would give the message this is our land and we can kill you if we want but we are giving you only warning shots
even Chinnok pilots were shot in the head from ground fire, Taliban are extremely well trained in sniper firing
British solder never took off their Helmets
nor did the British ever find any dead Taliban, they would recover their dead, like ghosts they would disappear into the darkness
finally British visited the Taliban, Taliban took shoes off outside and left their weapons at the door
British were served grapes and some other fruits, British said thank you, Taliban said your welcome, you are our guest we will treat you well
you come as our enemy and you will never leave Afghanistan
British tried to explain to US who the Taliban actually is but Americans are too stupid to listen always in a rush to get job done
around 2015 British being British diplomatically left the area to the Taliban and draw down was planned in Qatar