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Califbill

"bpuharic" wrote in message
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On Sat, 09 Oct 2010 15:52:01 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 18:08:10 -0400, bpuharic wrote:

wrong. the afghans have been conquered at least 3 time in their
history, most recently by the british in the 19th century. you just
believe cliches

The Brits took Kabul and controlled the government but they did not
control Kandahar. It was all they could do to keep the Kyber Pass
open.

what's the UK defense budget again?

It was very large in those days.