Originally Posted by
ExAscoteer2
Rubbish! The Soviets invaded Afghanistan in 1979. The end of the Soviet Union was 1989.
My bad. The Soviets spent ten years in Afghanistan before they gave up.
I once read a theory that the Soviets viewed Afghanistan as a pathway towards warm water ports to the South, a mere country or so away.
Given that the Article Ocean has far less ice, they may not be as concerned about a southern route to an ocean.
Regardless, I still don’t see how the US could « win » there.