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The donkey that went to Mecca

How the West lost Afghanistan

21 August 2021

9:00 AM

21 August 2021

9:00 AM

In Afghanistan it is said if a donkey goes to Mecca, when it returns, it is still a donkey. Despite twenty-years in Afghanistan and spending USD2 trillion, the United States couldn’t even turn the Taliban against Al-Qaeda (AQ), the real enemy of the West. Demonstrating an intelligent enemy is better than a foolish friend.

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