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I don't understand the downvotes, this comment is quite on point. Both the British and the Soviet ended up fighting in Afghanistan and regretting it. It's an h
by dullgiulio 7y ago
I don't understand the downvotes, this comment is quite on point. Both the British and the Soviet ended up fighting in Afghanistan and regretting it. It's an historical fact, regardless of what you think of the US invasion.
- SideburnsOfDoom 7y agoI think the downvotes came because it comes across as a mere pop culture reference, which is frowned upon. Sorry. The Princess Bride, 1987: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LUUk6wVNrY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LUUk6wVNrY However when posting it, I was well aware that the quote is older than that: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/never_fight_a_land_war_in_Asia https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/never_fight_a_land_war_in_Asi... And that the Soviets and the British ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Anglo-Afghan_War ) both found this out the hard way.
- SideburnsOfDoom 7y agoFurther to that, Afghanistan is sometimes called "The graveyard of Empires". https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Afghanistan-called-the-Graveyard-of-Empires https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Afghanistan-called-the-Graveyar... Apparently that hasn't changed yet.