When Putin told Barbara Walters last week that the notion of sending Russian troops to Afghanistan was unthinkable, that it would be like the US deciding to send troops to Vietnam today, I found it to be very believable.
Which is not something I can say about DEBKA.
Yeah, the notion that 6,000 Russian troops would be acceptable to Afghanis but 6,000 British troops would not, I find that rather ludicrous...