Yep, and something else the Soviets seem to be forgetting; we went into Afghanistan and subdued the country fairly quickly. The Soviests and most of the military experts predicted disaster...we couldn't do what the British and Russians had failed to do and we would never be able to defeat General Winter.
We did it, we did it quickly and we did it with very light forces.
I do believe we won as well...
And you (probably) know how much smaller our forces are (and have been for all recent history) than the Americans'.
Rule Britannia and all that stuff!