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Don't forget, they choked on Afghanistan too.
by mikkupikku 10mo ago
Don't forget, they choked on Afghanistan too.
- machomaster 10mo agoNo they didn't. Militarily is was a clear and easy win. Politically it made no sense after a while and USSR decided to leave. Militarily they could have continued staying there for the eternity. The same situation as with the American/Nato forces, with the difference of Soviets controlling significantly more of the country than Nato (only major urban centers, a small part of the country).
- SanjayMehta 10mo agoWrong. They did a planned and phased withdrawal over a period of several months. Unlike Biden's Saigon 2.0 shambolic exit.
- defrost 10mo agoThat was indeed a US shitshow, begun in the prior US administration: https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/timeline-of-u-s-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/ https://www.factcheck.org/2021/08/timeline-of-u-s-withdrawal... Biden followed through on a poisoned chalice.