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<blockquote data-quote="Tanis143" data-source="post: 3626462" data-attributes="member: 43724"><p>Its hard to change a population when that population either doesn't want to change or doesn't want to risk their lives to make the change. The simple fact is that the Taliban never left. They were always there, hiding in plain sight. The people over there knew it. They wouldn't rat them out because they knew it would be a death sentence. All the Taliban had to do was sit back and wait us out. The only reason that would get into skirmishes with us is to raise the death toll and make regular citizens pressure for a pull out. The longer the wait, the more gear that would go to Afghan troops to drop when we left. </p><p></p><p>My brother doesn't talk much about his tour there, but he predicted this would happen. That was well over a decade ago.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tanis143, post: 3626462, member: 43724"] Its hard to change a population when that population either doesn't want to change or doesn't want to risk their lives to make the change. The simple fact is that the Taliban never left. They were always there, hiding in plain sight. The people over there knew it. They wouldn't rat them out because they knew it would be a death sentence. All the Taliban had to do was sit back and wait us out. The only reason that would get into skirmishes with us is to raise the death toll and make regular citizens pressure for a pull out. The longer the wait, the more gear that would go to Afghan troops to drop when we left. My brother doesn't talk much about his tour there, but he predicted this would happen. That was well over a decade ago. [/QUOTE]
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