Most people will lose in the coming collapse, and many will lose everything. From Nick Giambruno at internationalman.com:
“You have the watches, but we have the time.”
The Taliban often referred to this old Afghan saying when discussing their fight against the Americans.
Ultimately, they were proven correct.
After almost two decades of conflict, an insurgent army from one of the world’s poorest nations inflicted a decisive military defeat on the US, the global superpower that upholds the unipolar world order.
The US government’s total failure in Afghanistan—the longest war in American history—signifies a crucial moment and turning point in world history.
The Soviet Union collapsed about two years after the Red Army was defeated and withdrew from Afghanistan.
As we approach the second anniversary of the American retreat, could a similar fate be in store for the US?
While nobody knows the future, there is an excellent chance that the colossal failure in Afghanistan could accelerate the unraveling of the geopolitical power of the US and the shift to a multipolar world order.
Afghanistan’s strategic position has always made it a coveted prize in the Eurasian landscape.
As shown in the image below, Afghanistan is situated in the center of Eurasia, at the crossroads of China, Iran, and Russia—the three primary challengers to the US-led world order.
This central location is why Afghanistan has enormous geopolitical importance and why the US desired a strategic military presence there.
Source: Ontheworldmap.com
Please stop saying that the ‘Red Army’ was defeated in Afghanistan. The Army of the USSR fought mujahideen to a stand still and left Afghanistan in good order – unlike some.
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Iraq is the real end of the new Evil Empire?
Why play the empire game, there has never been a benevolent one and they all come to an end.
Love those memes of Ziolensky asking for the same weapons that the Taliban got for no charge.
Russia was on the other side of the mountain range the whole 20 years paying for their resource extraction and the poppy fields were never harmed and never more booming than during the two decades to replace the Taliban with the Taliban.
Now the poppy fields are getting dismantled while billions are collected from Brandon.