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Old 7th Jul 2021, 14:40
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Originally Posted by langleybaston
Afghanistan: the graveyard of organised and disciplined major powers: Churchill understood that, as did the old British Army in India; the Russians did not understand it, NATO did not understand it, the USA did not understand it.

However, 10/10 for brilliant OPSEC over Bagram, way to go!
Hear hear; yet another 'withdrawl' from Afghanistan.
AVM Tony Dudgeon was one of the first of the post war people who found that there was never a final solution and still it happens.
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