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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: JohnM who wrote (27901)5/1/2002 11:24:14 AM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 
I think to understand the differences between Afghanistan post war with Soviet Union and Viet Nam post war with France/US you'd have to look at the differences BEFORE the war.

Afghanistan has many conflicting ethnic groups, and I do mean conflicting. Viet Nam has one dominant ethnic group.

Afghanistan was never a colonial country. Viet Nam was made a colony by Napoleon III in 1857.

Afghanistan's war with the Soviet Union was an interval in a conflict which predated it, which has never been resolved. The war in Viet Nam was both a war of national liberation as well as a drive to impose communism in the region.

The only way to have peace in Afghanistan is to resolve the conflict between ethnic factions and tribes and establish a representational government. Yikes! That's not going to be easy. These guys have been fighting each other since time immemorial. Hopefully, they're tired of it.
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