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[–] rDrDr 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

To be fair, the Russians also fought in Afghanistan and Vietnam.

But ya, Afghanistan is a good analogy of the US CIA arming local militias and ultimately defeating the Russians in a long drawn out war of attrition. Thankfully there were no long term consequences to the US.

[–] MasterBlaster 0 points 2 years ago

Perhaps you are being sarcastic, and I can't identify it. Perhaps what I think is common knowledge is not so common: Osama bin Laden was one of the people the CIA trained in the 80s.