Pakistan struck Kabul overnight and declared open war against an opponent with no air force, no tanks — yet, as russia-Ukraine war has shown, predicting how fight between mismatched opponents ends has proved far harder than reading balance sheet suggests
  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    13 days ago

    Afghanistan is essentially impossible to “defeat” unless you commit genocide, or drop nukes.

    Even then, I suspect there would be a few dudes left in caves waiting for their chance

      • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        13 days ago

        Nothing other than the difficulty of the region.

        The terrain over there is brutal. To kill everyone, you have to be able to get to them. That’s not an easy prospect.

        • nesc@lemmy.cafeEnglish
          1·
          13 days ago

          They don’t need to kill everyone, killing just enough for coherent society to collapse will work as well.

          • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            12 days ago

            Maybe, but from what I’ve heard, there’s not much in the way of a coherent society outside of cities. It’s insular and scattered, but that’s where the crazies come from.

            Since leadership can also run and hide in those same places, it might not be enough.