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To: infidel29

You can't be serious here! There is no comparison to be made. The US doesn't have a super power supplying arms to the ousted regime. Think how much money training and support the US and the West gave to the Mujahadeen fighting the Soviets?

The majority of the feet on the ground that forced the Taliban out were Afghans themselves. These were the various warlords and alliances who were opposed to the Taliban. The US provided heavy close air support and advisors to those Afghan Alliance forces enabling them to push forward and oust the Taliban. It was Russia who supplied those Afghan Alliance forces with refurbished heavy armour, uniforms and other equipment in preparation for their US led/supported advance on the Taliban.


86 posted on 03/05/2005 9:18:20 AM PST by Tommyjo
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To: Tommyjo
I wasn't really serious, I was more or less making the comparison to defame the Russians claim at "super missles"

I do realize that the Russian were fighting the Mujahadeen and the U.S., we were fighting the Taliban and Al-Qaeda beside the Afghans. This time we were a much larger and better equipped force fighting an outnumbered and out equipped foe. I still scoff at Russia's "super missles" though. I doubt they have that advanced technology over ours.

89 posted on 03/05/2005 11:04:21 AM PST by infidel29 (America is GREAT because she is GOOD, the moment she ceases to be GOOD, she ceases to be GREAT- B.F.)
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