the taliban. as i said nation building in a place like afghanistan is retarded and destined to failure unless you plan to make it a forever colony. the difference is that we actually toppled and held the territory for 20 years. it took us two months to topple the taliban.  if russia toppled ukraine and installed their own gov and then 20 years later radical banderites took power and russia left realizing they can't win the people over and it's a money pit then it'd be comparable. the problem is we're 1,000 days into the war and they haven't even taken zaporizhzhia lol
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