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To: kumar who wrote (219891)	2/20/2007 11:49:34 PM
From: arun gera	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

>there is a lesson to be learnt here - since the time of Alexander the Great, no invader has been succesful in controlling /ruling the region currently known as Afghanistan.> How about Ranjit Singh? allaboutsikhs.com -Arun

To: kumar who wrote (219891)	2/21/2007 1:15:18 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

there is a lesson to be learnt here - since the time of Alexander the Great, no invader has been succesful in controlling /ruling the region currently known as Afghanistan. Same with the North Pole....

To: kumar who wrote (219891)	2/24/2007 3:57:58 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 281500

Hmmm. Some would claim it's been done a number of times. infoplease.com afghanistans.com This is like claiming the same of Germany. Before 1870 it was the Holy Roman Empire- -neither Holy nor Roman nor an Empire, rather a group of fiefdoms. The Romans never controlled Germany, though they are famous for having two complete legions slaughtered trying to. After 1870 and the Franco-Prussian War (another ignomious defeat for the frogs, the Kaiser ruled. After the defeat of Germany in WW1, the Kaiser abdicated and took asylum in the Netherlands. The Weimar Republic began operation and was ended by Hitler in 1934. The "Thousand Year Reich ended a bit early in 1945. Germany was split between East and West. With the fall of the East German gov't in 1991, it was reunited. At this point it has a 15-year history- -shorter than many of the Afghan gov'ts.