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overwhelming well-organized, well-supplied, highly technological armed force that has no restrictions to be civilized or respect individual rights The Soviets
by goatinaboat 6y ago
overwhelming well-organized, well-supplied, highly technological armed force that has no restrictions to be civilized or respect individual rights
The Soviets had no qualms whatsoever, even booby-trapping childrens toys. But they couldn't hold Afghanistan.
- gostsamo 6y agoCan you tell me how long is the boarder between Pakistan and Afghanistan? Do you remember that a big part of the soviet defeat in Afghanistan was the US that was able to regularly supply money and guns to the resistance, giving them even land to air missiles? Do you know that the talibans had and still have bases in Pakistan that allowed them to lead the gorilla war that they did? Don't even try to compare Afghanistan with HK, because the two situations have nothing in common.
- goatinaboat 6y agoDo you know that the talibans had and still have bases in Pakistan that allowed them to lead the gorilla war that they did? Yes I'll concede that fighting a guerrilla war without external support is difficult but it was always thus. Another example would be the Cuban revolution. However civil wars are often fought without any external backing being the decisive factor.