Is this deja vu?
2007-10-05 15:36:11 · 10 answers · asked by Edge Caliber 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Yes, but back then we dubbed them "Freedom fighters".
2007-10-05 16:06:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a little bit different, since the Taliban didn't really exist back then. The technology is different now. But I see your point. It is a country with a long history of repelling invaders. It is very difficult terrain to fight in. I am surprised anyone lives there.
2007-10-05 22:41:42 · answer #2 · answered by Chef 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
We were supplying the Taliban. We were training them.
Now they use those weapons and training against us.
They stand with Osama.
The Russian military was never in a war like the one in Afghanistan. We have experience in guerilla warfare.
Apples and Oranges.
But good point!
2007-10-05 22:40:17 · answer #3 · answered by Bryan~ Unapologetic Conservative 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Soviets also used nasty little mines nick named toe poppers because they were small and quite often looked like children's toys. They were dropped frozen from high altitude so you couldn't even hear the planes flying over in the middle of the night.
The toe poppers thawed out over night and in the morning they could blow off a little hand or foot.
Those commies were mean as hell.
2007-10-05 23:02:54 · answer #4 · answered by CFB 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its worse. At least the Soviets only had one front to contend with. We seem dead set on opening up a third.
Dreaming for the day Cheney and Bush are held accountable for Bush's war.
2007-10-05 23:00:25 · answer #5 · answered by planksheer 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't think that the Taliban was fully established in the eighties. The soviets were fighting the Mujaheddin at the time and they never got anywhere. We knocked the Taliban (old Mujaheddin) out of power. Granted we haven't wiped them out forever but you have to treat them like roaches, you have to keep going back to exterminate.
2007-10-05 22:42:18 · answer #6 · answered by scarlettt_ohara 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
it was not the talliban it was the beginnings of al queda.
with none other than , yes , yes , osama bin laden ,
leading the way, with all his suadi money.what you should do is go to channel 2 archives and see footage of the talliban in houston, when wait ,wait,wait yes , george bush was king ,er I mean governer of texas, the good / evil scenario is blurred with oil , and money, the talliban was here in texas , negotiating pipeline right of ways and such , but it was a no go , and so they got spanked , by gw.for not letting him play in their sandbox....
2007-10-06 07:14:07 · answer #7 · answered by CHRIS S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes I do. They were kicking *** for the longest time and were about to erradicate them until the US started supplying the Mujahadin with stinger missiles. The stingers changed everything and negated the USSR's ability to dominate and destroy with air power.
2007-10-05 22:39:17 · answer #8 · answered by booman17 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
They where not fighting the Taliban, they where invading the country.
2007-10-05 22:39:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
whats your problem dude
cocoa rations just increased from 20 grams to 25 grams
why are you so ungrateful
i mean, this is nothing like vietnam, the dynamics are totally different,
for one, we couldn't tell who the enemy was in vietnam, and in iraq we . . hmmm,
for one, in vietnam the people didn't want us there, and in iraq the people . . . um,
dude, just take your 25 grams of cocoa and vote for romney (except your a canadian so . . hmm)
what are cocoa rations in canada
2007-10-05 22:40:25 · answer #10 · answered by Spartacus 3 · 3⤊ 5⤋