The last time they were there was the second Anglo-Afghan War which they decisively won, occupying Kabul and defeating the Afghan army. The Treaty of Gandamak ceded control of all Afghan foreign policy to Britain. There was Third Afghan War which the British also won but they left in 1919 with the Durand Line confirmed.

__________________
Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Winston Churchill

[quote=Clanrickard;1844739]

Now that is typical of your comments i.e. a whole load of nothing.

So, quite clearly, your claim that the Brits and Yanks have won was a blatant lie. Thank you for admitting it, you tool.

Ha, Ha. Who picked, funded and supported them. You are a clown.




Let me put this in simple English for you, Clinton was gone when the invasion occurred and thus had nothing to do with the situation. OBL was the excuse to go after the Taliban. They dont know where he is and they never did.

All your reports come from the same media that reported the WMD's in Iraq so you just know it's a load of BS, which of course we have come to expect from you.

As for the Taliban claim. Even if it were true, if you were watching thousands of innocent people getting murdered and maimed would you not say whatever it took to get the bombing to stop. Why do you think evidence elicited under duress is not admissable in any civilised country?
The bar stool is a bit silly, I have said many times on this forum that I dont drink, but irrelevance is your style.

I dont have to pontificate about the Brits from a bar stool. If you could read, I have already stated that I live in Britain. I find the average Brit to be friendly and to be against these ridiculous wars.

Now why dont you answer the question, why are you not fighting in this war that you support so greatly? You are eligible to do so.

You are just another right wing loon who wets himself with excitement every time he hears a bang.

There are effective bombs, inneffective bombs and downright catastrophic bombs; just like posts. I wonder which category your post fits into.

Bombs are imo bad bombs almost without exception. They're an indiscriminate anti-people weapon for slaughtering people or destroying the infrastructure on which they depend. Bombs don't leave a calling card and any bombing campaign can immediately be subverted by black flag bombing.

I can't think of any revolution or social progress achieved with bombs but I can think of many peoples and societies damaged by them.

Come on now Aindriu. The most likely outcome of this war will be some kind of return to Taliban rule in several areas of the country. The Taliban will be called moderates or reformists by the spindoctors, but they'll be Taliban nonetheless.

__________________
"I put down the welter of corruption in Irish politics to Burke's escape from retribution after that exposure in 1974. It gave everybody in the game a licence to steal."

- Joe MacAnthony

11 NATO troops killed in the last 2 days, a serious rate of loss

11 NATO Troops Killed in Two Days in Afghanistan -- News from Antiwar.com

...and I see Aindriu is STILL hiding.

Helicopter 'accident', eh? If Iraq is anything to go by, then the translation reads thus: 'Terrorist helicopter brought down by Russian Dhsk today'. It was always an 'accident' in Iraq, even when videos appeared on the internet of MANPADs taking down the actual helicopter in question. I guess the warhead collided with the chopper in a freak accident.

Pathetic.

I'd really love Mr Crowley if you were the victim of a bomb some day. I think most other people would feel that way too. I hope and pray it happens and most people would be happy when it does, and carry out the same triumphalism that you do.

You represent no-one but your own sick twisted self.

I too commiserate with the family of the soldier who at least had the guts to fight in a war rather than stay an armchair chicken like Mr Crowley.

Dry your eyes Susan; Mr Crowley has been shot at and has come under fire from MLR, mortars and RPGs, put bits of friends in bodybags and you don't hear him crying. Neither will you ever hear sympathy from him for anyone who pays the price of imperialist adventurism.