04-16-2017, 02:35 PM
(04-16-2017, 01:40 PM)Cynic Hero 86 Wrote: > The Houthis have direct backing from Iran, that support allows
> insurgents and militias to hold on. The Taliban had no such
> support, the Iraqi insurgents did not having backing either at
> first but did have backing from Iraq's neighbors who did not want
> to see a permanent US military position in Iraq from 2004 onwards,
> not suprisingly that is precisely when the insurgents became much
> more dangerous to our forces.
The Pashtuns in Afghanistan were (and are) receiving support
from the Pashtuns in Pakistan.