I was thinking about it today and the longer it drags, the longer our troops stay in Iraq, the more it reminds me the Soviets in Afghanistan. Of course, we know that Soviet little adventure over there break their backbone and destroyed the USSR. It all started with puppet government, “rebuilding schools and kindergartens, introduction of the socialism, military assistance” and so on. But then resistance got a hold of Stinger and they started knocking down helicopters, which was a crucial air support for ground operations. Then three soviet soldiers a day average were killed. In response, soviets dropped 500 and 1500 pound bombs to scare them……………………………………… Doesn’t it sound familiar?
MY POINT IS THAT EVENTHOUGH DIFFENENCES BETWEEN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN ARE THERE, THERE ARE STILL STAGGERING SIMILARITIES IN BOTH CASES ( the make up of the country, religion, geopolitics, inept leadership, enemy tactics ( disperse, regroup and destroy ). Don’t we have to learn a lesson by now?
Here is the link to confirm what I just said and the rest is for you to think.
http://www.theestimate.com/public/113001.html When the Soviets intervened originally in 1979 they may have intended their occupation force — always, for propaganda purposes, called the "Limited Contingent" even when it reached 120,000 men — to provide internal security in the cities while the Army of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA), the client local Communists, handled counterinsurgency. (Another element in the calculus was the Soviet desire for forward deployment of forces in the direction of the Indian Ocean, a historic Russian strategic goal.)