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Old 08-15-2021, 09:50 PM   #214
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Originally Posted by Manic! View Post
The Soviet Union tried and failed. It's hard to beat someone if they don't care if they die. Afghanistan use to be a pretty modern place before the Soviets and the US showed up.
Exactly. 20 years of war and development. Ppl lives are still poor, they have nothing to lose. They turn to extremism for survival.

Give the people wealth and soemthing to live for and you don’t have the crazies anymore. They be you’re crazy, I’m not going to die for your stupid cause.
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