Er...no. The last time they tried this, the Soviet Union collapsed. That's what brought the Soviets down...not Ronnie "I can't recall" Reagan.
What most dimwitted republicans seem to forget, is that the Russia-Afghani war cost, not only 15,000 soviet lives lost, but also an estimated $2 trillion to Russia....money that they could not easily afford. The soviets' loss emboldened all the other satellites of Russia, split politicians from the military complex and embarrassed Russia's once thought of invincibility.
Pretty much what GWB did to us with the half-baked invasion of Afghanistan...
BTW......did you know that each U.S. citizen has incurred the expense over the Afghanistan war of an amount of $35,000?