"The English forces a second time fought their way without serious resistance to Cabul, which was entered and taken on the 24th of December, 1879….The [Afghani] rebellion was completely suppressed…It was soon perceived, however, that the subjugation was only real in the neighborhood of the [English] garrison. The remainder of the people were restrained from hostility only so far as the danger of punishment was felt. The question thus arising from the occupation of Afghanistan…[was] transmitted by the Government under Disraeli to the Liberals under Gladstone; and the issues arising from the controversy have not, to the present day, been satisfactorily adjusted."
The "present day" was 1907 or earlier. I say bring home the troops but leave the CIA and their drones in Pakistan.
