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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (16772)	11/7/2002 4:23:24 PM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

My understnding is the the Afghanis were losing to the Russians My understanding is that the pro-communist Afghan government begged the Soviets to assist. The Soviet leadership resisted the "invitation" for assistance, thinking that it would end up being a long drawn out Vietnam type war. They finally agreed to after being assured by Soviet Intelligence and the Soviet military that it would be an easy task. When things didn't go well, the Soviet military asked the Soviet leadership for just a few more troops to finish the rebels off. Probably sounds like a familiar story. The Afghanis that you're talking about were the good guys [those trying to overthrow the government, i,e., the bad guys...that is until the good Afghanis won, i.e., the rebels, who eventually became the Taliban, who then eventually became the bad guys. .... I've thought of late that the US might have been better off if we didn't assist the rebels. The Taliban may have never come to power. jttmab