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Afghanistan defeated the Soviets and the United States.
by lenkite 5y ago
Afghanistan defeated the Soviets and the United States.
- goatlover 5y agoWas it really a defeat for the US? Seems more like the US realized the futility of nation building there and just withdrew, hoping the propped up Afghan government wouldn't just surrender or flee.
- lenkite 5y agoThat excuse for defeat can be given by any nation who withdrew from Afghanistan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80%932021) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Afghanistan_(2001%E2%80... Result: Taliban Victory
- imwillofficial 5y agoIt wasn’t a victory, it wasn’t a draw. It was a defeat, no matter what coat of paint you put on it.
- tyingq 5y agoIt absolutely was a defeat, but the asymmetric numbers get worse every year for a guerilla force fighting a huge war machine. The ratio of deaths for the US versus the Afghans was staggering...the Taliban won, but at a huge cost of life. I don't know if there's the same cultural will in Ukraine to absorb that kind of pummeling.
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- nicholasnorris 5y agoAfghanistan was different enough in that it wasn't a unified Afghan government or population fighting against a Soviet invasion in the same style of aggression of what we're seeing from Russia in Ukraine. A new local Afghan government that had recently sized power in a coup begged the Soviets to help them consolidate power in a civil war in that the Soviets knew would only escalate through international intervention in favor of their allies opposition.