Comments by "John Allen" (@johnallen7807) on "What remains of the UK-built Afghan army officer training complex?" video.

  1. The fundamental fact was that the Afghans, like the South Vietnamese, were not prepared to fight for their country.
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  2. The whole point was they were supposed to fight for their own country regardless of what others did. They had more men and far better equipment than the Taliban so if they had really believed in their cause they would have won. The major problem, like so many of these types of war is the deep levels of corruption from the stories of Karzi fleeing with helicopters of cash and gold to the individual soldier seelling his weapon in the local market. @garagenigel 
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  3. See my comment about belief in their cause. @mtgibbo2792 
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  4. With the amount of training and equipment they should have won, a deeply corrupt leadership destroyed morale and led to defeat. @realvelikiman1987 
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  5. Which was my point. Tribalism is the curse of Africa as well as the Middle East, the mistake of the West was in thinking you could override a thousands years of lifestyle, My old unit was tasked with training a new Afghan police force, a complete failure when you could not even get them to understand that VCPs were not to extort bribes from drivers! @garagenigel 
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  6. The Taliban had the greater will for sure. @tomhenry897 
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  7. You sound like a good old freedom loving commie! Can't you read? it was the British that built and paid for it.@@holdfast5332
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  8. In that country? In the 19th century? Totally different. They were certainly fa use against the Taliban @George-dx2sd 
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  9. They are certainly a tribal society but we would have needed far more men and probably 100 years to create a viable society. @HRHooChicken 
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  10. So on that basis the UK was wrong to fight Hitler in 1939? and, don't forget he was elected, something the Taliban have never been. @HRHooChicken 
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  11. You obviously are not very intelligent! You either resist evil or accept subjugation, they accepted subjugation, we didn't, that is why Europe is free. Unless of course you think sex with 9 yr old girls is ok, stoning women to death for adultery is ok or throwing homosexuals of buildings is ok? That is what life under the Taliban gives you. @HRHooChicken 
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