Re: Afghan war : resisting the russians was a mistake
^^ true...
from 1979-1984, Afghans lost over 700,000 men fighting the soviets and were nearing their breaking point
its only when the Reagan started sending large numbers of weapons to Afghans in 1984 that the tide began to turn and by 1986, the afghans wee winning
the afghans only lost 500,000 men from 1984-1989....
Would that have been so bad? The Russians would have developed the country, improved education etc... Afghanistan would have been stable eventually and we wouldnt have had to deal with all the refugees and the other negative fall out of the War...