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Originally Posted by fuzzylogic
please take some time to explain to us how "supporting the taliban" led "directly to the downfall of the soviet union."
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You're kidding, right? The US supplied rockets to the Mujahideen that were entirely responsible for turning the tide of the war, as previous to this the Soviets had complete air supremacy. The Soviet economy was already weak at the time because their oil reserves were dwindling and they were overspending on their military, and they ended up incurring such a huge financial loss from the war that it put their economy in a tailspin. The main reason the US supported the Mujahideen was to get the USSR involved in a quagmire, and that is exactly what they did, only it ended up being the death blow the Soviets never recovered from. That enough explanation for you?