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Originally Posted by CyberSEO
Perhaps. You must know it better. I wasn't even born when Vietnam was has ended. Furthermore, I haven't live in Vietnam or even in the USA during that times  |
My father died in Vietnam when I was nine months old.
What happened to the United States in Vietnam and the Soviets in Afghanistan is very similar. A huge and powerful country invaded a smaller and weaker country, and was surprised when the smaller country fought back. The large country was firmly entrenched and could have stayed for as long as it wanted so long as it was willing to invest the money and manpower.
The United States could have stayed in Vietnam, but why? The political fall out was huge, there was no public support, and the US was spending lots of money and loosing American lives for what - To fight communism? Best case scenario for the US in Vietnam was to install an anti communist government there that was friendly to the US - Hardly worth what we paid.
Likewise, the Soviets could have stayed in Afghanistan, but why and at what cost?
It takes a lot more than having a large and powerful military to win a war...