Afghanistan

[SteveB]

"The Graveyard of Empires"

The British, The Russians, NATO and before that countless others have tried and failed to instil any sort of order.
It is difficult to turn illiterate peasants who still believe the earth is flat into a democratic civilized country. To do so would require a long time, commitment and money and soldier's lives. America just lost interest. The rest of NATO could have remained but without America they have just followed America and left.

The Tailiban will now take over, and without a common enemy, will return to being tribal and fight among themselves.

[IDF2]

"The Graveyard of Empires"

The British, The Russians, NATO and before that countless others have tried and failed to instil any sort of order.
It is difficult to turn illiterate peasants who still believe the earth is flat into a democratic civilized country. To do so would require a long time, commitment and money and soldier's lives. America just lost interest. The rest of NATO could have remained but without America they have just followed America and left.

The Tailiban will now take over, and without a common enemy, will return to being tribal and fight among themselves.

Ah now in fairness the Russians backed a communists takeover that had no popular support at all. That even went against their own worldview for revolution.