McRocket
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I saw that earlier, pretty bizarre.
What is bizarre is that TDS WaPo contributors and their TDS readers think President Trump was inaccurate and he was absolutely correct. President Trump was kind enough not to mention the fact Ronald Reagan and his neocon handlers provided all the weapons that the Taliban or whatever they were called then, needed to defeat Russian forces.
Really?
Then perhaps you could show us the unbiased link that provides the proof you have that Afghanistan single-handedly bankrupted the USSR - as Trump said ('Afghanistan made it Russia')?
I guarantee you that you cannot.
Do some research about Zbigniew Brzezinski and the mujahadeen using Tim Osman aka "Osama bin Laden into luring the Russians into Afghanistan purposely.....after all, Brzezinski admitted that was the plan.
Ever heard of a link?
And I have no doubt that Russia's involvement in Afghanistan cost them a lot (much like America's fighting Vietnam cost her a lot)
But single-handedly bankrupted the Soviet Union (as Trump said)?
Nonsense.
I guarantee you the cost of maintaining massive Armed Forces to fight the Cold War cost a HECK of a lot more then fighting some low-tech war in Afghanistan.