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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Exactly.
The Taliban are Afghans and you are not going to eliminate them (or even change them much) without creating lots of new opponents/rivals.
We can leave them with an opposition that can counterbalance their influence and keep them from taking over the country again, IF they choose to.
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That's why the U.S. never supported the Taliban becoming a political party. We keep them a terrorist group so we can keep "battling" them. If they become part if the government everything would go to shit in a hand bag.
Orion5 - Yes IMO the in-between times equal freedom for the "little Afghan man" (villager).
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