Hi F-14!
Well I see things rather differently than you, The whole political domino effect that scared the US leaders in the 60s has proven itself to bel rubbish… For instance the communists HAD to take over in Vietnam in order for their leaders and people to see that system just does not work… If the US had stayed in Vietnam into the 80s it would probably have acheived little more than to drag this conflict in the same manner as the one in Afghanistan is doing. As long as the war was on against the “imperialist hordes” all government shortcomings could easily be placed on the Western shoulders.
Now look at VietNam, it is following China’s example and opening up the economy to local and foreign ownership. The same can be said about the Taliban. After Western armies move out how long would it take for them to run down the Afghan economy into the ground? And then, who would they blame for it?
On the poppy fields issue, if I recall correctly during their reign the Taleban they actually destroyed local opium production only to see it reinstated in full after the US led troops kicked them from power in Afghanistan… Which is quite the exact opposite from what you state.
Finally, Thailand has a hand full of Swedish built Gripens, certainly not Flankers and the Phillipines has n o t h i n g at all, lest Fulcrums…
Maybe you were actually refering to Indonesia and Malaysia but to claim they both bought Russin aircraft out of of some sort of “Neo-marxist alignment” with Moscow is way beyond the reasonable, don’t you agree?
Regards,
Hammer
Actually,we think along the same lines.I believe that sooner or later,we will have to sit down and talk to the taliban.Maybe,in 50 years..even be allies with them.Who knows,I mean we NUKED Japan,today,they are one of our biggest allies.Same for Germany,with all the bombs we dropped on them.I guess only time will tell.And about the Thai Flankers and Phil.Fulcrums,I was being sarcastic.
At any rate,I think America has enough issues on the homefront to deal with then continue a pointless,unpopular war for another 20 years.
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