MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show August 31, 2021 08:01:00
Would make afghanistan closely aligned with them. the british stayed to fight that war, but ultimately it did not work out. the brits left in 1842. but then 35, 40 years later, the british army tried again. the brits were freaked out all over again that a place they thought ought to be aligned with them was actually more inclined with russia, the same thing that had driven them 35, 40 years before. so in 1848, the british invaded afghanistan again. and again they installed their own hand-picked guy, this time for a hot minute they actually thought they had won and that afghanistan would have a...