History repeats itself. Top left 1975, Saigon, South Vietnam, a US helicopter evacuates desperate Americans and Vietnamese from the rooftop helipad of the US Embassy in Saigon. The Americans had lost the Vietnam War after 15 years and were being kicked out. Top right 15th August 2021, a US helicopter evacuates Americans and Afghans from the rooftop helipad of the US Embassy in Kabul. Once again, 20 years after their Invasion of Afghanistan the Americans got kicked out.
There is an old military thery that America can never win a land war on the Asian mainland. They defeated the island nation of Japan in World War 2. But since then America has never decisively won a war on the Asian mainland. Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria are just some examples.
The Americans spent US$2 Trillion (RM8 Trillion) in their 20 year adventure to shed human blood in Afghanistan. To what purpose?
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