Originally Posted by
Packrat
Afghanistan: Where empires go to die.
1. Persia
2. England
3. Russia
4. U.S.
England went there twice before they followed us into Afghanistan a third time. There was a remarkably good documentary on BBC a few years back hosted by Rory Stewart (young English foreign service officer) about Afghanistan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a7bP49ehKQ