SchlandGooner wrote:DiamondGooner wrote:Pathetic anyway.
Any modern army if allowed would have routed ISIS within a month and broke their back by taking all the territories they rely on to exist.
Like the Taliban in Afghanistan?
Attacked by nearly all "Western armies" and still not beaten..
Iirc, Afghanistan is a much more unforgiving terrain, ie mostly unsuitable for major land invasions.
On top of that, the poor bastards have literally lived in war conditions for generations. Imagine being at war or dealing with foreign invaders for over 40 years. There's grown arse men who have only ever known bloodshed and anarchy.
Syria, although f***ked up under their regime, still had a semblance of order even if it was f***ked up.
Modern afghans were born into that shit.
Story time:
We had an Afghan kid come to our school back in the early 90s. This kid was pretty scrawny, not a word of English and stuck out like a sore thumb ie dress wise. Instant target for bullies.
Now the first and biggest bully in his year (massive Irish kid, well over 6 foot, built like a tank) tried to take his food in the dinner hall. Bully was a freak of nature. Bigger than a lot of grown men, had fists like paving slabs and that Neanderthal brow sat on a massive head.
The Afghan did not give a single f**k. The Afghan, without hesitation, jammed a fork into the bullys hand without getting up off his seat.
Everyone in that dinnerhall goes nuts and the hype train engaged immediately for the fight of the century after school.
The rumours spread so quickly, kids from other schools and local Roadmen from the area came down to witness the spectacle.
3.30pm hits and it's on.
Most kids were backing the bully, who far out weighed the Afghan kid.
I somehow got a spot near the front of the circle of doom, so was an eye witness when the fight began. Afghan kid stood calm, surrounded by probably a 100 people in a circle of no escape.
Bully makes an early move forward.
Afghan kid enters ninja mode, slides what looked like a pole out of his sleeve, splits it into two and goes off on the bully raining down blows from all angles.
Bully couldn't do shit.
I will never forget the 5 seconds of stunned silence followed by rabid hysteria as people watched the absolute madness unfold.
It was legit one of the most legit badman moves I've ever seen in my life.
Bully didn't want any of that shit and backed away, leaving the Afghan kid to get massive cheers and slaps on the back from the crowd, all while he couldnt understand a f***ing word of what anyone was saying.
After that day, no one as much as brushed past Afghan kid for the rest of the time he was at school.
Don't ever f**k with people that have come from a war zone.