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Originally Posted by Agamemnon
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.
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I agree 100%.
I think the US has made numerous mistakes in the past, and also made a huge blunder in invading Iraq. But I can't change the history, and neither can anyone else.
So to argue about US involvement in the ME, or for that manner Canadian involvement, I find it a bit strange that one would bring up incidents that happened 20 years ago, such as the US supporting the Taliban(I don't even know if that is true) and using such a comment to justify your stance against a NATO military presense.