If the Soviets redrew in the 80's when fighting against terrorists would they still be around today?

Question

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Answer 1

No, but if they had stayed and finished it, they might still be around.
BTW, they are still being killed by terrorists today. Since 9/11/2001, the Russians have had more of their civilians killed by terrorists (Chechen mostly) than any country that is actively fighting against terrorism.
Good thing they're not at war with them.

Answer 2

The Soviets WERE terrorists! Or do you not remember them shooting down a South Korean airliner filled with civilian passengers in 1983?

"Korean Air Lines Flight 007, also known as KAL 007 or KE007, was a Korean Air Lines civilian airliner shot down by Soviet jet interceptors on September 1, 1983 just west of Sakhalin island. 269 passengers and crew, including US congressman Lawrence McDonald, were aboard KAL 007; there were no survivors.

The Soviet Union stated it did not know the aircraft was civilian and suggested it had entered Soviet airspace as a deliberate provocation by the United States, the purpose being to test its military response capabilities, repeating the provocation of Korean Air Flight 902, also shot down by Soviet aircraft over the Kola Peninsula in 1978. The incident attracted a storm of protest from across the world, particularly from the United States." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_Air_Lines_Flight_007

Answer 3

The Russians invaded Afghanistan. They weren't fighting against terrorists. Bin Laden went there (with American support) to support the resistance.

Is your question really: If the Soviets never invaded Afghanistan would there be Islamic terrorists today?

The answer would be the same...YES!

Answer 4

The Soviets wern't fighting terrorists--they invaded a country that hadn't attacked them. When the people of Afghanistan started fighting back, the Kremlin labeled them terrorists.

Then, we called the Afghan resistance freedom fighters. Now, when its the US tha thas invaaded a cuntry that didn't attack it, and the Iraqis are fighting back, Bush and the neocons are labeling the resistance "terrorists."

Answer 5

I think that war bakrupted the military and was the end of the USSR,


who knew those same people would later be attacking us,

but they have been at war for 2,000 years.

It seemed like a good idea at the time the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Except we did not know that group was an insane group.

Answer 6

Their debacle in Afghanistan was a major factor in the collapse of the Soviet Union (it sure wasn't Ronald Reagan's rhetoric that did it!) but it wasn't the only factor.

Also contributing was Chernobyl, which undermined their faith in their technology, and the landing of Matthias Rust in Red Square with his Cessna, which undermined their faith in their defenses.

In the final analysis, Marxism/Leninism was a religion that even the leaders didn't believe in anymore. Our containment strategy (thanks to Truman) held the line until that day. Reagan only deserves credit to the extent that he perpetuatred that strategy.

Answer 7

Had Jimmy Carter NOT started sanctions against them and funded the freedom fighters, they may have , but of course as we all know Reagan took full credit for all that

Answer 8

They did The soviets lost and yes

Answer 9

They did withdraw. And yes, I believe even if the Russians had been successful in Afghanistan we would still have radical islamists today.

Answer 10

they did and are