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Level The US Embassy In Kabul?
cks175 51 Reviews 514 reads
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2,000 troops being sent back to Afghanistan to assist in the evacuation. Another 3,000 being sent to Kuwait as a reserve force. US Embassy personnel preparing to destroy sensitive papers, phones, computers, communications as there are indications Kabul could be under siege in the coming days.

One contingency being considered in the Pentagon is to level the Embassy after evacuating remaining Americans in Kabul. That’s a bit extreme, but what other alternatives are feasible?

cks17531 reads

A very fluid, deteriorating situation, to say the least.

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inicky4618 reads

Then wait for the Taliban to occupy other government offices and level those as well.
'tini would enjoy that.

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cks17524 reads

Leveling it would be appropriate.

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impposter42 reads

http://thediplomat.com/2017/06/why-is-afghanistan-the-graveyard-of-empires/
Why Is Afghanistan the ‘Graveyard of Empires’?
A brief history of the empires that were broken in the Hindu Kush.
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http://www.amazon.com/Afghanistan-Graveyard-Empires-History-Borderland/dp/160598082X
Afghanistan: Graveyard of Empires: A New History of the Borderland
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http://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/29/world/asia/afghanistan-graveyard-empires-historical-pictures.html
The Empire Stopper.
"When the American author James A. Michener went to Afghanistan to research his work of historical fiction, “Caravans,” it was 1955 and there were barely any roads in the country. Yet there were already Americans and Russians there, jockeying for influence. Later, the book’s Afghan protagonist would tell an American diplomat that one day both America and Russia would invade Afghanistan, and that both would come to regret it.

"Michener’s foresight was uncanny, but perhaps that is not terribly surprising. Afghanistan has long been called the “graveyard of empires” — for so long that it is unclear who coined that disputable term."

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inicky4623 reads

He invaded Afghanistan in 330 B.C. and then said:
“May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of the Afghans.”  
-- Alexander the Great

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CENZO126 reads

Unfortunately the lesson of history is that we do not learn from history. We don’t have the power, resources, nor widespread cooperation to install western style democracies in most of the countries in the world. We need to let these countries find their own ways and solve their own problems, and this may involve our having to watch some very negative things. At this time I think we can all agree that the status of women in Afghanistan under Taliban rule will be changing very much for the worse. But what will we be able to do about it?

All that being said, I fear that it will only be a matter of time before we’re once again involved in some “noble” cause somewhere else in the world going down the same path once again. That seems to be our destiny.

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Robertini23 reads

I always root for the underdog.  
But what a waste of time, lives and money.  
They should have watched Rambo III and avoided this mess.

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