Did You Know:
The Soviets fought terrorists in Afghanistan (
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But got sucked into a lengthy war (
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That led to the fall off the USSR (
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Not only was Trump accurate on the history here, he is right to prevent America from making the same mistake the commies did
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After the Soviets’ 1979 invasion, a large-scale war broke out inside Afghanistan until 1989 Throughout the Cold War both the US and USSR armed and backed various groups inside the Middle East in a proxy war free-for-all of death, oil, and influence
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Yes, the weak communist economic system could not withstand the cost of overextended imperialism
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He was a 100% right. It’s almost like
@realDonaldTrump actually knows history unlike these pundits on News networks....#magaThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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After training the Mujahadine and supplying them with weapons to fight the Ruskies. USSR were forced to give up and the US promises made to the Afgan people were forgotten. Key amongst the Mujahadine fighters was a man called Osama Bin Laden and we all know how that story ended..
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Yes, Bin Laden and his ilk were the results of all of these failed missions.
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** Hekmatyar, then widely considered by Washington to be a reliable anti-Soviet rebel, was even flown to the United States by the CIA in 1985.** https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2008/07/11/afghan-warlords-formerly-backed-by-the-cia-now-turn-their-guns-on-us-troops …
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Name the CIA group
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