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Afghanistan: Prelude to Soviet Invasion

Cold War drama from the 1970s. If you enjoy modern history (like I do) then this video provides some understanding to the timewarp-trapped Afghanistan. This country has seem many outsiders try to exert their control. The British fought the Anglo-Afghan wars - 1839–42, 1878–80, and lastly in 1919; the Soviets invaded from 1979-89; and most recently some members of NATO have been around from 2001 battling against the elusive Taliban.

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xpotsmoker : LVL 29: VP 3.8: said:

xpotsmoker

24 votes NegativePositive

282 days ago...

The Soviets would have pulled it off if it wasnt for Rambo 3...

Chrisalexan : LVL 28: VP 3.7: said:

Chrisalexan

-5 votes NegativePositive

281 days 21 hours ago...

jihad my testicles, fuck islam! Russia shouldve won.

stbasdf : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

stbasdf

2 votes NegativePositive

281 days 18 hours ago...

should learn from the mistakes of the middle east, shouldn`t let fanatics take power

Nazok : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

Nazok

5 votes NegativePositive

281 days 11 hours ago...

part 2?

a11an85 : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

a11an85

6 votes NegativePositive

279 days 20 hours ago...

MORE!

Danielnator : LVL 41: VP 4.9: said:

Danielnator

-7 votes NegativePositive

276 days 8 hours ago...

Good clip. Shows that you cannot preach change of any kind to the animals that are muslims. Sharia law is the law of the land and if the laws are made by god who are the politicians to question them. This is why the middle east is ass backwards. Of course its mostly the religious leaders but the followers themselves are pretty fucking zealous. Only cure is the A-Bomb.

ripgekko309 : LVL 26: VP 3.5: said:

ripgekko309

4 votes NegativePositive

276 days 8 hours ago...

Thats a bit harsh don`t you think?

mitsulancer : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

mitsulancer

6 votes NegativePositive

276 days 6 hours ago...

America supplied the Taliban and Osama Bin Laden-led insurgency, ironically the very same Taliban and Osama Bin Laden that they are now fighting against.

Ninjzz : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

Ninjzz

6 votes NegativePositive

276 days 5 hours ago...

Danielnator is reason people think americans are ignorant morons
you did read the decp correct
The British fought the Anglo-Afghan wars - 1839–42, 1878–80, and lastly in 1919–1929; the Soviets invaded from 1979-89; and most recently some members of NATO have been around from 2001 battling against the elusive Taliban.
so its islams fault this country has been in war for over 100 years?These 3rd world countrys have been chess peices for the western countrys for a long long long time . Its not shria law that run these countrys is the DICK tators that we put in power like Sadaam Hussian and the Beth Party and others who use Shira Law to keep in power ask anyone in ME anyone not poor and liveing in a shithole they want democracy..
In 1953, the CIA worked with the United Kingdom to overthrow the democratically-elected government of Iran led by Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh who had attempted to nationalize Iran`s oil, threatening the interests of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company.
The largest and most complicated coup effort, approved at White House level, was the Bay of Pigs operation
In 1963, the United States is claimed to have backed a coup against the government of Iraq headed by General Abdel Karim Kassem, who five years earlier had deposed the Western-allied Iraqi monarchy. The CIA helped the new Baath Party government in ridding the country of suspected leftists and Communists
1973-74, the CIA began offering covert backing to Islamic radical rebels in Afghanistan premised on the claim that the right-wing, authoritarian government headed by Mohammed Daoud Khan, might prove a likely instrument of Soviet military aggression
1981-90: CIA directs Contra revolution, plants harbor mines and sinks civilian ships to overthrow the revolutionary Sandinista government of Nicaragua. After the Boland Amendment was enacted, it became illegal under U.S. law to fund the Contras; National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane, Deputy National Security Adviser Admiral John Poindexter, National Security Council staffer Col. Oliver North and others continued an illegal operation to fund the Contras, leading to the Iran-Contra scandal.
Although the United States has had an ongoing interest in Somalia for decades, in early 2006 the CIA began a program of funding a coalition of anti-Islamic warlords.[79] This involved the support of CIA case workers operating out of the Nairobi, Kenya office funneling payments of hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism. As the power balance shifted towards this alliance, the CIA program backfired and the militias of the Islamic Court Union (ICU) gained control of the country.

Ninjzz : LVL 36: VP 4.4: said:

Ninjzz

1 votes NegativePositive

276 days 5 hours ago...

guess its Islam and muslims fault also Vietman Phillipines Congo Somilia Cuba are all 3rd world countrys because they have "shria law " are are like that
ohhhh wait...................

PictureThis : LVL 19: VP 2.8: said:

PictureThis

0 votes NegativePositive

276 days 2 hours ago...

Better dead than red,eh?

Shamone : LVL 17: VP 2.6: said:

Shamone

2 votes NegativePositive

276 days 1 hour ago...

can i haze part two?

gtasaif : LVL 29: VP 3.8: said:

gtasaif

3 votes NegativePositive

275 days 23 hours ago...

You can easily find out how liberal Afghanistan once was if you`ve read "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini its a good read and they even made a movie on it.

Awaken : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

Awaken

0 votes NegativePositive

275 days 22 hours ago...

@Ninjizzy--Who said many people think people like Danielnator are morons? He reflects the view of many. And the count is growing. Do not Muslims blindly take the dictates of the mulahs as the words of GOd? Many see extreme Muslims as savage, barbaric pawns of wealthy, perverted clerics who are quick to send young men and women to their deaths in the name of their god. But we find it odd how they do not encourage their own children to become jihadists, or suicide bombers. No, you are defending a vicious, violent, dishonest system.

I liked the clip a lot and I would like to see part two.

Danielnator : LVL 41: VP 4.9: said:

Danielnator

0 votes NegativePositive

275 days 18 hours ago...

Good job Ninjzz you manage to cite the same events every other person who thinks he`s an expert on Afghanistan cites. Also thanks for quoting the video`s description, I hadn`t really paid attention. People think you (americans) are dumb not because of me but because of things like : http://www.spikedhumor.com/articles/175224/This-Week-in-Public-Comment.html
. Good job on being ignorant and NOT going out and finding out anything about Islam. The malevolence and primitiveness of the middle east has nothing to do with the bullshit they`ve gone through. According to islamic "scholars" the Quaran has not been changed since it was written.. by god.
Following primitive and ancient traditions is keeping the people of Afghanistan and these other nations in the 1900`s and not the russians or the americans. Have you not watched Fitna? Do you not know of the terror these animals have brought to Europe. Fuck you should know better than anybody unless you were born after 9/11. Oh wait that`s Bush`s fault of course! It has nothing to do with where the Quaran says to strike down Allah`s enemies and skin them so that others will know....

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