Or the Persians, the Greeks, the Mongols, the Arabs (Reply #11)

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Fri Aug 20, 2021, 06:33 PM

paleotn (14,030 posts)

11. Or the Persians, the Greeks, the Mongols, the Arabs

the Sikh Empire, the British, the Mughal Empire. the Soviet Union and now the US. Did I leave anyone out?

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23 replies	Author	Time	Post
Did Afghanistan Have Anything To Do With The Collapse Of The Soviet Union?..... [View all]	global1	Aug 2021	OP
Yes	reality1	Aug 2021	#1
And then the SU lied to its people about deaths. But grieving family members knew. . . nt	Bernardo de La Paz	Feb 2022	#23
Yes	bucolic_frolic	Aug 2021	#2
I watched it earlier this week. I turned the DVD back into the library yesterday afternoon.	mahatmakanejeeves	Aug 2021	#5
The Beast. One of my favorites about the period.	paleotn	Aug 2021	#9
Best tank movie ever made.	Aristus	Aug 2021	#10
I am sure it contributed but the biggest reason was an arms race...	Under The Radar	Aug 2021	#3
It certainly contributed. The USSR dumped a ton of resources	Ocelot II	Aug 2021	#4
I guess it got to be one darn thing after another.	mahatmakanejeeves	Aug 2021	#6
More than slightly....	paleotn	Aug 2021	#7
Yes, but the US did not learn anything from USSR's involvement.	Sneederbunk	Aug 2021	#8
Or the Persians, the Greeks, the Mongols, the Arabs	paleotn	Aug 2021	#11
Chernobyl?	Walleye	Aug 2021	#12
Afghanistan: The Bear Trap - The Defeat of a Superpower - by Mohammed Yousaf and Mark Adkin	Klaralven	Aug 2021	#13
The USSR pulled out of Afghanistan on 15 Feb 1989 and collapsed 2 years later.	roamer65	Aug 2021	#14
And that's the truth.	2naSalit	Aug 2021	#16
Probably more moral than finances.	Igel	Aug 2021	#15
I read one book with the theory	treestar	Aug 2021	#17
I heard a different conspiracy theory a long time ago	FakeNoose	Aug 2021	#21
It certainly contributed	Zeitghost	Aug 2021	#18
I thought so	KentuckyWoman	Aug 2021	#19
This sums up thousands of years of Afghan history.	anamnua	Aug 2021	#20
A centrally planned economy was the primary, political corruption was a secondary	Strelnikov_	Aug 2021	#22

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