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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I would add that Trump said Soviets were being killed by terrorists - this is true, but was inside Afghanistan itself, not back in Russia In 1978 Soviet-backed groups launched a coup of Afghanistan, leading to the CIA arming groups to counter it The Soviets responded in 1979
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Yes, the weak communist economic system could not withstand the cost of overextended imperialism
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