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<div class="images-v2-count-2"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-621080"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhy-did-we-repeat-the-mistakes-of-vietnam-in-afghanistan%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Why+did+we+repeat+the+mistakes+of+Vietnam+in+Afghanistan%3F&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fwhy-did-we-repeat-the-mistakes-of-vietnam-in-afghanistan&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AWhy did we repeat the mistakes of Vietnam in Afghanistan?%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/why-did-we-repeat-the-mistakes-of-vietnam-in-afghanistan" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="0cd5ae9e5b56d6125d2c3f8dd798e2cc" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/621/080/for_gallery_v2/5ada6dee.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/621/080/large_v3/5ada6dee.jpg" alt="5ada6dee" /></a></div><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-2" id="image-621081"><a class="fancybox" rel="0cd5ae9e5b56d6125d2c3f8dd798e2cc" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/621/081/for_gallery_v2/1e968a79.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/621/081/thumb_v2/1e968a79.jpg" alt="1e968a79" /></a></div></div>Can we change things so we don&#39;t ever do this again? Nation building....not defining objectives...not defining victory...not abandoning those who helped us.

2021-08-16T12:03:50-04:00 2021-08-16T12:03:50-04:00 CSM Chuck Stafford 7186977

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>How many politicians from back then are still around to remember? Er -- never mind...

2021-08-16T12:08:27-04:00 2021-08-16T12:08:27-04:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 7187118

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Easy answer - the government was involved.

2021-08-16T13:13:45-04:00 2021-08-16T13:13:45-04:00 LTC David Brown 7187454

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Recognize the social structure of the country. Tribal affiliation is more important than national governments or borders. Taliban tribal territory extends into Pakistan. Can’t very well bomb Pakistan.

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