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Originally Posted by Azure
Looger...we can't do anything about that can we? Pre-9/11(if you believe it was a terrorist atttack)...times have changed.
My point does not exist around ignoring history, rather realizing that its stupid and meaningless to constantly use events that happened 20 years ago as a debate point of why we should be in Afghanistan.
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Examining the history of a conflict is vitally important to understanding where you are today. If you don't know Afghani history, then you won't know how to fight there, who your enemies are, the inter-relations between tribes, simmering feelings about past US support/lack of support, etc., etc. If one doesn't learn from history they're doomed to repeat it... just like US in Iraq/Vietnam, in my opinion.