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Originally Posted by CyberSEO
Where do you get that information? What do you mean on defeated? Haven't the USSR controlled the biggest part of Afghanistan when Gorbachev has agreed to stop this useless war? Do you know how long the Afghanistan government formed by the USSR has been able to hold out without ANY help (even financial) from Soviets? Dig the facts please and you will be surprised. The Amin's government has been overthrown. Najibullah took power in Afghanistan. Soviet army has controlled almost the whole country (not even comparable with the current USA situation there). Soviets were able to continue controlling the country and supporting Najibullah as long as they consider it necessary.
Goals have changed. Army was withdrawn. Mission accomplished. |
Well, by those standards the United States wasn't defeated in Vietnam.
The United States was not physically forced to leave Vietnam and could have held out indefinitely if it choose to so. I believe it was very similar for the Soviets in Afghanistan - they could have stayed, but at what cost? And what would have been gained?