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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
Hahah thanks for the history lesson, but you forgot them jumping ship in Vietnam. Also you gotta wonder why they have so many caveats on their troops in Afghanistan.
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The Americans got evicted from Vietnam as well, and I don't think it made them cowards either - just realists. Vietnam is no different than dozens of other countries around the globe where colonial powers were forced to withdraw; once the consent of the subject populations turned into opposition, there was no way relatively tiny, or even relatively large, forces could succeed in enforcing colonial rule.
As far as Afghanistan goes, do you really think having restrictive rules on troop deployment has more to do with cowardice than a reluctance to accept the American lead and philosophy of engagement?