[trainsplanes]

Vietnam ultimately became a pretty nice country a few years after the US government finally gave up on trying to turn it into hell on earth, and it’s only getting better.

If this really is Saigon 2.0, 20 years from now Afghanistan will be a peaceful country with active tourism. With the Taliban seemingly making efforts to appease China for economic gain, who knows, it just might happen.

[jacquesm]

Very unlikely, a version of Algeria 2.0 is far more likely than Vietnam 2.0.

[lobocinza]

More like Saudi Arabia but they don't have lot's of oil just poppy.