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^^ And lest we forget, the Taliban was a Pakistani creation. The Pakis empowered and propped up the Taliban - let us reiterate this as many times as we can. There should be no misconception about this. Oh, I know that Mullah Omar was indigenous, and that it sprang out of the grassroots - but the...

^^ You do have a point. However, I'd say that Afghanistan was also partly a mistake. Very poorly handled. Instead of doing real nation building, the US handed the nation to warlords. And outsourced a large part of work to the double dealing treacherous Pakis!! It took the US a decade to realize...

^^ I know, I was just trying to be wiser. :hmm: :taunt:

Don't. We need skilled labour here. :namaste: Go a little easy on the Business Visas (B1) though... I get very angry when guys who need to be sent for project knowledge transition/end user training have to struggle for a 3 months Visa for meetings/training. :frusty:

^^ Personally I am very happy that we were divided, though. We would have hardly been the position we are in today, had we been united with them. However, the 'nurturing and nourishing' part is true - that is a problem. :tsk:

In all fairness, the US has been among the 'less brutal' powers in the modern world. What if Nazi Germany had survived? Think of the Stalinist (and even post-Stalin) Soviet regime. Why, look no further than the Chinese regime!! All in all, the US has had a better record than most others.