Sure. But in the immediate years (say '79-'85) how willing are you to gamble that the new puppet government really is here to stay. Look how fast Afghanistan fe

Sure. But in the immediate years (say '79-'85) how willing are you to gamble that the new puppet government really is here to stay. Look how fast Afghanistan fell back to the Taliban. Granted, we're really pushing my ability to steelman this. I have no good rationalizations for after the mid 80s.