How do we win this?
We already did
>>34965922
Lol
Declare victory and come home
>>34965886
annex it
actual answer: somehow engineer an ethnicity based balkanization movement of the people. One of Afghanistan's problems is that its so tribal and diverse it fails to have any sort of sense of nationalism and unity that could hold it together,
Stalin was able to nationalize Tajikistan, which has a similar ethnicity of people there. His method was to build a comprehensive radio network through the Soviet Union so that everyone everywhere could listen to highbrow cultural programming, and propaganda.
The U.S. should have built them a satellite channel and given out TV's for free, and it would have done more than dicking around there for 2 decades. They did stupid shit that antagonized the locals like build schools for girls.
>>34965886
electricity, computers and hentai
>>34966096
Thats why islamism had been the predominant ideology since the time of the Abbasids. You cant conquer afganistan. period.
>>34966487
Thanks Obama
>>34965886
Nuke Pakistan, destroy the ISI.
>>34965886
Say you did, shake some babies and kiss some hands, return 5 years later to do it all over again.
>>34965886
Redefine winning.
Education and be willing garrison troops there for 30+ years. Provide jobs. We were able to do it in Japan. Nation building isn't for the impatient or the unempathetic.
Hire foriegn mercenaries blame all the bad shit soldiers inevitably do on the mercs.
Build a strong connection between American hero and conquering foriegn Taliban or whom ever is convienient for them to fight against.
Create a home grown cinema movement.
Exploit natural resources, and create a surplus of any one good and exploit it for the benefit of the betterment of people. Support a free press and pay them heavily to smear, and expose corruption in the existing leadership.
Provide a process for the culture or religions of the country to get money
Basically smoke and mirriors, bribery and gift giving, persistance, and the willingness to let a few thousand Americans die, and a few dozen thousand Afganis.
>>34965886
By plundering their massive lithium reserves like we plan to do
>>34965886