U.S. now in Afghanistan as long as Soviets were

[paulnolan]

Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan, and Moscow - As wartime days go, Friday was a fairly quiet one in Afghanistan. Helicopters skittered across the sky; convoys rumbled along desert roads; soldiers in mountain outposts scanned the jagged peaks around them.

But one thing set the day apart: With its passing, the U.S. military's campaign in Afghanistan

Comments

[windy_lea]

I'm kind of surprised no one has commented on this, but then... I guess there's really nothing to say.

[erunamiryene]

"Americans haven't drawn any lessons from the Soviet military presence - they keep stepping on the same rakes,"

Americans didn't learn from AMERICA'S lessons in Vietnam when it came to fighting insurgents in Iraq ... why the fuck would we learn from the godless commies?

This country's run by fucking idiots.