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I’m skeptical Russia’s financial woes were solely caused by this strategy.
by almost_usual 8y ago
I’m skeptical Russia’s financial woes were solely caused by this strategy.
- craftyguy 8y agoWell it most definitely didn't help their situation at all.
- iooi 8y agoYou're right, there were at most 2000 Arab mujahideen in Afghanistan during that war. The afghan resistance did most of the work, and most of the damage was done thanks to US-provided Stinger missiles -- they managed to shoot down 100 aircraft and 300 helicopters.
- Brockenstein 8y agoYeah, Bin Laden was engaging in a bit of PR with those statements. In such circumstances people always try to take as much credit as they can, no matter how exaggerated it is. And for Bin Laden that war was probably center of his universe. For the USSR it might have been kind of a big deal, but probably not the only issue they were dealing with worldwide and domestically. Bin Laden was probably never that concerned with representing that accurately, you know, because who's going to set him straight?