[Trueblackman]

For those of us old enough to remember, it took the Carter Administration a few weeks to consider the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan an actual invasion and it started the same way as in Ukraine with them taking over the airports and government building.

[Straight Vermonter]

it took the Carter Administration a few weeks to consider the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan an actual invasion and it started the same way as in Ukraine with them taking over the airports and government building.

There are some good analogies between the the two events, like both being in support of pro-Russian governments that were recently toppled.