James Holland

But he said, I'll tell you what.

He said, Taliban weren't great.

They weren't fantastic.

He said, but I could leave my purse on a wall and no one would touch it.

I could leave it on a wall for a week and no one would touch it.

Thanks a lot. And you're seeing a total lack of understanding of the culture and ethnic differences you're trying to impose a kind of western centric view onto something which is just something you know onto onto a nation which isn't isn't ready for that now there are ways in which you know it looked like afghanistan was starting to kind of emerge and there was a path and then just at the

Thanks a lot. And you're seeing a total lack of understanding of the culture and ethnic differences you're trying to impose a kind of western centric view onto something which is just something you know onto onto a nation which isn't isn't ready for that now there are ways in which you know it looked like afghanistan was starting to kind of emerge and there was a path and then just at the

Thanks a lot. And you're seeing a total lack of understanding of the culture and ethnic differences you're trying to impose a kind of western centric view onto something which is just something you know onto onto a nation which isn't isn't ready for that now there are ways in which you know it looked like afghanistan was starting to kind of emerge and there was a path and then just at the

Thanks a lot.

And you're seeing a total lack of understanding of the culture and

ethnic differences you're trying to impose a kind of western centric view onto something which is just something you know onto onto a nation which isn't isn't ready for that now there are ways in which you know it looked like afghanistan was starting to kind of emerge and there was a path and then just at the critical moment the west moves out with catastrophic consequences

What you have to say, though, is that in the West, post-1945, the rehabilitation of Italy, of Japan, of Western Germany was really good.

What you have to say, though, is that in the West, post-1945, the rehabilitation of Italy, of Japan, of Western Germany was really good. You know, the consequence of all that destruction, all that turmoil, was thriving, high-producing democracies which burst forth into the kind of second half of the 20th century and into the 21st century in pretty good order.

What you have to say, though, is that in the West, post-1945, the rehabilitation of Italy, of Japan, of Western Germany was really good. You know, the consequence of all that destruction, all that turmoil, was thriving, high-producing democracies which burst forth into the kind of second half of the 20th century and into the 21st century in pretty good order.

What you have to say, though, is that in the West, post-1945, the rehabilitation of Italy, of Japan, of Western Germany was really good. You know, the consequence of all that destruction, all that turmoil, was thriving, high-producing democracies which burst forth into the kind of second half of the 20th century and into the 21st century in pretty good order.

You know, the consequence of all that destruction, all that turmoil, was thriving, high-producing democracies, which burst forth into the kind of second half of the 20th century and into the 21st century in pretty good order.

So the lessons of the previous generation for the First World War had been learned, even though the scale of destruction, the displacement of people is unprecedented in 1945.

So the lessons of the previous generation for the First World War had been learned, even though the scale of destruction, the displacement of people is unprecedented in 1945.

So the lessons of the previous generation for the First World War had been learned, even though the scale of destruction, the displacement of people is unprecedented in 1945.

So the lessons of the previous generation for the First World War had been learned, even though the scale of destruction, the displacement of people is unprecedented in 1945.