Afghanistan was already a Soviet puppet regime, they invaded because the pro-Soviet government they installed after assassinating Hafizullah Amin, the General Secretary of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (which he founded after the Saur Revolution of 1978, which he organized, that executed the then-president of Afghanistan, Mohammad Daoud Khan) was facing open rebellion in much of the country. The occupation was harsh (maybe 2 million Afghanis dead over the course of the war), but I think the people of Afghanistan might have been better off in the long run under communist rule than under the Taliban, and it was probably a mistake for the USA to support the mujahideen.
Hindsight is 20/20 though, at the time we were worried about Soviet expansion, and though it wasn't a suprise to the intelligence community, we couldnt know the Soviet Union would collapse just 12 years after the invasion.
Hindsight is 20/20 though, at the time we were worried about Soviet expansion, and though it wasn't a suprise to the intelligence community, we couldnt know the Soviet Union would collapse just 12 years after the invasion.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.
