Afghanistan

An Epic Failure.

It never worked for any country really. But it worked relatively well for us. We always achieved objectives, withdrew in an organized and safe way, had minimal casualties (all caused by treason from allied countries), and we generated billions in revenue.

So, why did we do well when everybody else, especially the U.S., didn't?

Rules of Engagement:

We engaged in extreme violence, but not gratuitous and without collateral damaged when we could avoid it (I could tell you it never happened, but war is messy). In contrast, the U.S. had inadequate rules of engagement that didn't allow for violence, let alone extreme, as needed, while being too lax when it came to collateral damage, including on civilians. Ultimately, you don't win wars by being nice and abiding by rules your enemy doesn't even know about, and you don't get civilian support by killing them. This sounds obvious, but it is not to the U.S.

Differentiating Terrorists from the Rest:

We made a very clear distinction between Taliban, Al Qaeda and ISIS/DAESH. With a different approach for each, increasing in violence and ruthlessness the closer we got to the ISIS spectrum. The U.S. never did. To them, to the troops, Taliban, Al Qaeda, and ISIS/DAESH was kinda all the same. This was an issue as it led to asymmetrical violence and combat.

Relating:

The more we are primal, as warriors, the more we can relate and understand people who are stuck in the Middle Ages for the most part. This allows for better and more efficient combat, as we understand how the enemy will behave. In contrast, the feminization of the U.S., including the Armed Forces, have created a ridge between troops and local fighters, that could never be gaped.

Adapting and not trying to change Afghan society:

We never tried to change the locals. When we wanted to take women out, we didn't say it was the right thing to do because women are equal to men. We just married them. When we wanted to recover slaves, we didn't say enslaving people was bad (we are in no position to make such claims anyway). We just bought them. Even when they fucked young kids, and I know this will be controversial to many of you, we didn't try to tell them it was wrong. When it was westerners, we just bought the kids to rescue them. In contrast, and this may have been the most significant of all the catastrophic errors from the U.S., the U.S. tried to change Afghan society to turn it into radical left America. This includes the typical BS we see in America that would never work on us, including hundreds of millions wasted on workshops and other programs, even a gender studies program at the university in Kabul (this is not satire). The U.S. also had a high moral ground/highly judgmental approach: They were savages and they were their saviors. We never did. We were actually more ruthless than they were, so never in a position to claim we were more civilized (even if we were). We never had women in our ranks. The U.S. tried to achieve gender equity. Because it is a radical left thing, and also because they thought it would be a good example to set. As expected, Taliban laughed, and didn't take any woman seriously. Because they see women as inferior, and this, ironically, was reinforced by the ineptitude of the bimbos the U.S. sent. Currently, there are about 20,000 Americans still stuck in Afghanistan. Most of them from NGO's... All these organizations working alongside the U.S. military to undermine any military achievement with Marxist ideology. I will also add that the Marxist turn of U.S. society was catastrophic from an Afghan perspective... Afghans never liked the west or the U.S., especially the Taliban (not to mention the terrorists) because of the opposition to their vision of Islam. This was made catastrophically worse when women got in combat, let alone when the transgender thing came out. Imagine for a moment: How could Taliban take the U.S., who were claiming high moral ground seriously, when they could access U.S. media and see that the USAF was focused on making flight suits for pregnant men? The dislike for the U.S. evolved to hatred based on Taliban seeing Americans as degenerates. Lack of fitness, preparedness and efficiency of U.S. troops (outside of Marines) didn't help.

No reliance on Afghans:

We never relied on Afghans (this may be changing as part of an experiment subject to a different post by Norðsherstjórn (NHS). In contrast, the U.S. spent insane resources and money trying to make Afghans what they would never be. More importantly, the U.S. never focused on morale or belonging to Afghan standards, never providing the right leadership (not surprising considering they can't even provide decent leadership to their own troops at this point). So, the minute they left, it all collapsed. The Afghans could only operate under constant U.S. control.

We didn't talk. We Acted:

Another important aspect is that we consistently maintained a specific ethos. This led Afghans to actually like us. With many even abandoning their fixation on Islam to move towards Norse culture. As a matter of fact, we were more successful in that area in a few months than the CIA in 20 years. Yesterday, we got to a village, and young afghan boys had covered themselves in white clay, and were fighting, playing what they said was... "Blendingr" (hybrids). So we had Afghan kids mimicking our own guys. 

What I am saying is reflected in the demographics on our Facebook page... Look at the number of followers in Afghanistan. Sure, some are contractors and military dudes. But the bulk of it is actual Afghans...