- 09 Aug 2021 23:17
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The British in Afghanistan behaved with uncharacteristic naivete, and seemed to have failed to understand the nature of Afghan society. They thought they had negotiated safe passage, but the people with whom they had reached that agreement had no real authority over the tribesmen who surrounded them. The result was an horrific massacre. This taught the British an important lesson about Afghanistan - it has no central government worth speaking of. This means that it can never truly be conquered.
annatar1914 wrote:@Potemkin , Indeed, I think so. I find it interesting though that when the West was more ''Klingon'', it took only one brief but complete massacre to persuade the West to leave Afghanistan alone.
The British in Afghanistan behaved with uncharacteristic naivete, and seemed to have failed to understand the nature of Afghan society. They thought they had negotiated safe passage, but the people with whom they had reached that agreement had no real authority over the tribesmen who surrounded them. The result was an horrific massacre. This taught the British an important lesson about Afghanistan - it has no central government worth speaking of. This means that it can never truly be conquered.
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