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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (181749)12/4/2009 7:23:44 PM
From: Wharf Rat1 Recommendation  Respond to of 362017
 
bmcnett on December 4, 2009 - 2:01pm
It is sad that even here, we carefully tiptoe around the war propaganda on TV.

From TAE, here's a partial list of empires that invaded Afghanistan. The most recent two on the list occurred in modern times, and so they too were accompanied by propaganda campaigns about freeing the common folk from tyranny, bringing stability to the region, yadda yadda.

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics: 1979-1989
The British Empire: 1837-1919
The Mughal Empire: 1525-1709
The Timurid Empire: 1370-1506
The Il-Khanate: 1245-1332
The Mongol Empire: 1221-1245
The Khwarezmid Empire: 1215-1221
The Delhi Sultanate: 1206-1221
The Ghurid Empire: 1186-1202
The Ghaznavid Empire: 970-1186
The Abbasid Caliphate: 750-970
The Umayyad Empire of Arabia: 637-750
The Tang Dynasty of China: 620-637
The Hepthalite Kingdom: ca. 400-580
The Sassanian Empire: 224-561
The Kushan Empire: 135-240
The Kingdom of the Western Satraps: 020-405
The Indo-Scythian Kingdom: BC140-AD020
The Greco-Bactrian Kingdom: BC250-BC048
The Mauryan Empire: BC305-BC232
The Seleucid Empire: BC323-BC250
The Empire of Alexander the Great: BC328-BC323
The Archaemenid Empire: BC550-BC328