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Military Mondays: A History of Afghanistan from 1973 to 1989
I'd like to start a new thing, every monday I will link to a post on a my blog in an attempt to foster intellectual discussion about military or policy related issues. Today's post is about Afghanistan. I hope you enjoy!
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so, every monday you will be promoting yourself? Gee, we're all so excited Either way, too much reading to do from someone with no credentials
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We shouild make a joint posting on a certain day theorist, combine World War 2 and modern eh? I am not to up to speed on Afghanistan and such with the soviets but in the present and World War 2 i know tons!
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2 RepliesEdited by Mags: 2/25/2013 11:26:43 PMWhen you get to 1996-present, then I'll gladly talk about Afghanistan more. As for now, I love it when people say we funded AQ or the Taliban during Operation Cyclone (speaking of that op, it is my belief it was the right move at the time). During the operation, neither of those organizations existed and AQ' predecessor was funded almost entirely by Bin Laden's wealth (they also got weapons via Saudi Arabia). Not to mention we had an agreement with the ISI to only give our weapons and money to Afghan mujahideen.
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4 RepliesDude, Russia made the Middle East look weak.
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1 ReplyThat's unexpected, I was expecting the 3 wars that Britain had been involved in with the country.
