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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish16•1 year agoThey will when the Taliban defaults on their debt to them. Then they discover why you don’t invade Afghanistan. You get bogged down in tribal wars and spend 20 years worth of time and treasure.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoYou could say it’s a trail by fire of a superpower.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoChina knows they will default. This is about control.
They will when the Taliban defaults on their debt to them. Then they discover why you don’t invade Afghanistan.
You get bogged down in tribal wars and spend 20 years worth of time and treasure.
Everyone does it eventually
You could say it’s a trail by fire of a superpower.
China knows they will default. This is about control.