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"The Afghans will inherit it one day, should they wish. Otherwise it could turn into a vast, derelict Atlantis in the desert – no better monument, perhaps, to the west's invasion of a country that has been an enduring battleground over the past 30 years."

err.............................did they not ask us to come and help or am i missing something?

good old Grauniad!

Originally Posted by Rigsby

"The Afghans will inherit it one day, should they wish. Otherwise it could turn into a vast, derelict Atlantis in the desert – no better monument, perhaps, to the west's invasion of a country that has been an enduring battleground over the past 30 years."

err.............................did they not ask us to come and help or am i missing something?

good old Grauniad!

Whatever we call it, most Afghans see it as an invasion. Many of them believe we're Russian (especially with Estonian forces cutting about in Russian surplus!

so is the guardian journo reporting of behalf of the Afghans then?

hardly independent is it (if you'll excuse the pun)