Russia: ‘We’ve already lost’ – Far-right Russian bloggers ‘shoot’ Putin over military failures in Ukraine

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[NorseViking]

Sorry to bust your bubble but in 1985 Gorbachev declared withdrawal by 1989.
Nobody left with tail between legs, that is what the US force did recently.
Pro-Soviet government lasted four more years, and largely succumbed after the funding ended to them, but the CIA still funded Taleban.

[Big Brother Go to Hell]

Charlie Wilson would like to have a word with you lol.

Here’s what he’d probably say: Gorbachev didn’t start withdrawing Soviet troops from Afghanistan until May 1988. Giving him credit for “ending” the Afghanistan war or “restoring” anybody’s freedom is like thanking Pharoh for freeing the Israelites!

The USSR continued providing economic and military aid to the Afghan communist government until it imploded in December 1991. The Afghan commies permanently lost power in April 1992.

The Taliban didn’t emerge until the fall of 1994, so there was no “Taliban” for the CIA to fund when the Afghan communists were still in power.

Charlie Wilson should have no regrets, even if the Mujahideen *did* eventually morph into the Taliban. Winning the Cold War and ending the threat of nuclear holocaust was well worth it. Gorbachev had the power to kill 100 million Americans within the next 30 minutes!

[NorseViking]

That’s of course propaganda to placate 9/11. Taliban existed long before 1979 except CIA used in against India in Kashmir. Then it was partly relocated and renamed but the entity was still the same.
The Wilson’s wonder Stinger Hind killed downed under a two dozen Hinds. It didn’t effect the war in any way nor the war had to do a thing with the end of the Cold War.
Wilson had a lot to do with further development, including 9/11 though.
The Russians warned Bush about what is going to happen but it was discarded like disinformation at the time.