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Folks, sharing some thoughts on the Afghanistan situation as it unfolds.
Been trying to gather my thoughts for the past few days, but events have been happening just too fast for that. So, I'll just do this thread on the go.
Here goes ..
Firstly, the issue is not whether or not Kabul will fall.
The real issue, IMO, is what happens AFTER Kabul falls, since it is more or less a given.
This is what I hope to delve upon in this thread.
Firstly, let me plug a thread from Feb 2020 when there was talk about Indian troops going to Afg.
With the rapid rout of US military in Afg, I think that folks who were thinking about sending Indian troops there would have by now changed their
Yup, in case you noticed, I used the word ROUT for what has happened to the US military in Afghanistan.
To that end, I'll just let these two pics - one from Saigon in 1975 and one from Kabul earlier today, make my point.
Call it whatever, but I'll say they've been ROUTED.
Period.
Sneaking out of their biggest military base in the middle of the night without bothering to tell the hosts didn't exactly look like a victory march out of Afghanistan now, did it?
Well .. but they ARE the strongest military in the world, atleast in their own opinion, no?
Folks, sharing some thoughts on the Afghanistan situation as it unfolds.
Been trying to gather my thoughts for the past few days, but events have been happening just too fast for that. So, I'll just do this thread on the go.
Here goes ..
Firstly, the issue is not whether or not Kabul will fall.
The real issue, IMO, is what happens AFTER Kabul falls, since it is more or less a given.
This is what I hope to delve upon in this thread.
Firstly, let me plug a thread from Feb 2020 when there was talk about Indian troops going to Afg.
With the rapid rout of US military in Afg, I think that folks who were thinking about sending Indian troops there would have by now changed their
Ok folks, so this tweet has generated quite a few reactions on my TL as well as DMs.
— Harpreet (@CestMoiz) February 12, 2020
In light of this, let me share my own thoughts on the topic of Indian troops for Afghanistan.
Thoughts are still unstructured, but here goes!https://t.co/ipGMFV4VGn
Yup, in case you noticed, I used the word ROUT for what has happened to the US military in Afghanistan.
To that end, I'll just let these two pics - one from Saigon in 1975 and one from Kabul earlier today, make my point.
Call it whatever, but I'll say they've been ROUTED.
Period.
Sneaking out of their biggest military base in the middle of the night without bothering to tell the hosts didn't exactly look like a victory march out of Afghanistan now, did it?
Well .. but they ARE the strongest military in the world, atleast in their own opinion, no?