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Originally Posted by sortie
The issue was Afghanistan not Russia. And Afghanistan is a complete failure with the president begging the Taliban for a cease fire and offering them their jobs back.
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You are completely missing the point. Supporting the Taliban was the lesser of two evils during the Soviet invasion, and in the end it did exactly what we hoped it would do. It was a huge (and many experts say the main) contributor to the fall of the Soviet Union, and I would much rather deal with the fallout of Afghanistan now than to still be in the midst of the Cold War, wondering if this was going to be the day one side flinched and pushed the button.