Reply #27: OK, seems like you don't get what I was saying in post #13

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and just want us to pull out and leave them to it. Basically, we should pull out and leave Afghanistan as the most impoverished country in the world after we pummelled them prior and during the invasion.

A kind of 'let the Taliban get up to whatever they want and wait and see what happens' scenario, I get it.

Personally, I see reconstruction (building schools, hospitals, providing decent roads, sanitation, drinking water and electricity) as an intrinsic part of "looking out for our security interests". This cannot be done without securing the area.

Please don't patronize me, I do know what I'm talking about.