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In the discussion thread: Did Afghanistan Have Anything To Do With The Collapse Of The Soviet Union?..... [View all]

Fri Aug 20, 2021, 08:11 PM

19. I thought so

They bankrupted trying to take it. Started not paying the border patrols. They walked off the job or took bribes to let people out. Once the iron grip fell the whole thing fell.

Their infrastructure was neglected and falling apart. We had to send food to keep Russia from starving.

That is my recollection. Do not know what a history book says.

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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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