re: #766 Kenneth

That is a more nuanced description of the interaction between the players than you started with. So what you are saying is instead of supporting the only people available to fight the Russians, we should have let them have Afghanistan? In case you forgot, the USSR had similar goals of world domination and the nuclear weapons to back it up. Was there some other army that was going to fight them in Afghanistan?

Christ. Are we still fighting the Cold War? Is it not common knowledge now that the Soviet Union was completely dysfunctional and well on its way to collapse throughout the 80’s. So they take over Afghanistan… and then still collapse several years later having added yet another failed state they have to manage to their failed economy. What the fuck would it have mattered if they took Afghanistan over? I fail to see why the United States had any interest in ensuring the Soviets didn’t take over Afghanistan other than the “dominoes” theory. Who. Fucking. Cares.