Donald Rumsfeld refuses to live in a world without war in Afghanistan

The Afghans would say to us you have the clocks but we have the time.

LTC (Join to see) - Very nice saying. Yeah so true. They outlasted Alexander the Great, Mongols, English, Russians, and Americans. I am starting to think the terrain has a lot to do with. The terrain definitely changed the tactics in mountainous areas. Alexander the Great had to break his formations into smaller groups. The whole English army and its retinue were wiped out on one narrow winter path except for the doctor. He reported the slaughter. The Russian convoys were ambushed quite well on narrow roads. Hit the front and last vehicles. They are trapped as the Afghans fire from the mountains and hills. They could hear and see our helicopters.

There is more to the story than the mountains. Alexander the Great rounded up 100,000 Afghans at one place and slaughtered them all, but the Afghans would be resilient. I like to think they are tough because the land is tough. You have to be tough.