Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "How the Taliban won the Afghan war" video.

  1. The very first question is so perfectly formulated, and then . . . the interview gets better.
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  2. Unless you can pierce the armor and convert enough locals to your regime. (Division of the locals, standing alone, will work for a while.) Again, impossible in Afghanistan. But most of any foreign power's influence over another country depends on having collaborators.
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