Meanwhile the Soviet trained and equipped Afghan army is apparently falling apart, plagued by desertions and reports that troops looted and then abandoned former Soviet outposts.
Hmmm. If you replace Soviet with American in that sentence, it sounds like what has been happening over the last couple weeks.
Yep, did a lot better than the US backed one. Ghani's now fleeing the country, and some people are saying he's resigned. Commies got 3 years, US didn't even get 3 weeks.
Hmmm. If you replace Soviet with American in that sentence, it sounds like what has been happening over the last couple weeks.
Gromov wrote about this too. Afghan officers didn't distribute most stuff left behind among their soldiers, just sold it.
But didn't collapse for years anyway.
Yep, did a lot better than the US backed one. Ghani's now fleeing the country, and some people are saying he's resigned. Commies got 3 years, US didn't even get 3 weeks.
America (and others) got less then zero, because now they're still there just trapped.