Comparison of the withdrawal of troops of the USSR and the USA

[rupol2000]

These events were opposite in vector.

The USSR fought against the Northern Alliance, in favor of the Pashtuns, the future Taliban. In 1985, the regime changed in the USSR, the KGB was removed from power, and at the same time the Pashtun lobby. The USSR stopped playing on the side of the Pashtuns, and the situation in Afghanistan turned towards federalization, which played into the hands of the Northern Alliance and became a prerequisite for the creation of a sovereign Northern Afghanistan.
Therefore, the withdrawal of the USSR army was a deliberate step, and fully corresponded to the political position of the former government of the USSR of 1985.

The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, on the contrary, is in the interests of the Pashtuns against the northern alliance. Most likely, it is also a deliberate step and reflects the policy of the US top.

 

[harmonica]

...Afghanistan was a huge mess for a longtime--and still is ......a mess that cannot be ''fixed'' except by it's own people

 

[rupol2000]

...Afghanistan was a huge mess for a longtime--and still is ......a mess that cannot be ''fixed'' except by it's own people

There is no "own people" there, these are the Pashtuns who occupied the lands of the Northern Alliance: Tajiks, Uzbeks, Hazaras and national minorities

 

[harmonica]

There is no "own people" there, these are the Pashtuns who occupied the lands of the Northern Alliance: Tajiks, Uzbeks, Hazaras and national minorities

Afghanistan is not a country?
---the point stands--the World can't fight Afghanis' wars for them

 

[rupol2000]

Afghanistan is not a country?

The word "country" has no meaning. From the point of view of the Pashtuns, this is their empire with subordinate peoples, from the point of view of the Turkestanis of the Northern Alliance, these are invaders in their native land. Depends on the point of view.

 

[harmonica]

The word "country" has no meaning. From the point of view of the Pashtuns, this is their empire with subordinate peoples, from the point of view of the Turkestanis, these are invaders in their native land. Depends on the point of view.

yes, they can't get their shit together

 

[Votto]

...Afghanistan was a huge mess for a longtime--and still is ......a mess that cannot be ''fixed'' except by it's own people

When to "people" ever fix anything?

May the best warlord win.

 

[rupol2000]

When to "people" ever fix anything?

May the best warlord win.

The best military leaders do not always win. "Panjshir Lion" Ahmad Shah Massoud was an outstanding commander, he destroyed many Soviet troops, and never touched civilian objects, did not engage in terror, but the forces are not equal and the policy of large external players decides

 

[mudwhistle]

These events were opposite in vector.

The USSR fought against the Northern Alliance, in favor of the Pashtuns, the future Taliban. In 1985, the regime changed in the USSR, the KGB was removed from power, and at the same time the Pashtun lobby. The USSR stopped playing on the side of the Pashtuns, and the situation in Afghanistan turned towards federalization, which played into the hands of the Northern Alliance and became a prerequisite for the creation of a sovereign Northern Afghanistan.
Therefore, the withdrawal of the USSR army was a deliberate step, and fully corresponded to the political position of the former government of the USSR of 1985.

The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, on the contrary, is in the interests of the Pashtuns against the northern alliance. Most likely, it is also a deliberate step and reflects the policy of the US top.