Must see photos of Afghanistan

TLAM Strike · 02-21-11, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Freiwillige

Am I the only one who noticed that the Army is wearing German Army helmets circa WWII?

and carrying WWII era Soviet Rifles, LMGs and SMGs.

gimpy117 · 02-21-11, 07:29 PM

the cold war basically destroyed that country. We backed the taliban...and guess what happened.

Freiwillige · 02-21-11, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by gimpy117

the cold war basically destroyed that country. We backed the taliban...and guess what happened.

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Humanity O

Freiwillige · 02-21-11, 11:31 PM

Actually we backed the Mujahideen against the Soviet backed Democratic republic of Afghanistan.

The Taliban didn't come into power until the 90's and what was left of the loosely based Mujaheddin groups that were not destroyed by the Taliban formed the Northern Alliance fighting the Taliban until US invasion.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_...en#Afghanistan

gimpy117 · 02-22-11, 12:27 AM

whoops. well anyways. my cold war statement still stands...jut not the backing part

02-22-11, 04:35 AM

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Actually we backed the Mujahideen against the Soviet backed Democratic republic of Afghanistan.

The Taliban are Mujahideen.

joegrundman · 02-22-11, 05:35 AM

the taliban were not a major mujahideen force. After the USSR pulled out, the US walked away, really quite happy with a job well done in destroying any chance of a stable communist country in favour of a weapon ridden land of total chaos, backwardism and lawlessness.

Since Pakistan had been the vital link (and also major contributor in its own right) in the support for the Mujahideen, and since Pakistan continued to be Aghanistan's neighbour while the US expected never to have to think about that country again, the US was happy for Pakistan's favoured group, the Taliban, to come to dominance. The US was happy about this on the grounds that any dominant group that assembled something resembling a state was an improvement on the prevailing chaos and lawlessness since the Soviet retreat. In particular, a government could be negotiated with in order to curtail heroin production, which was then the only concern that the US still had in Afghanistan.

02-21-11, 07:29 PM	#2
gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	the cold war basically destroyed that country. We backed the taliban...and guess what happened. __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army

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gimpy117 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kalamazoo, MI Posts: 3,243 Downloads: 108 Uploads: 0	whoops. well anyways. my cold war statement still stands...jut not the backing part __________________ Member of the Subsim Zombie Army

02-22-11, 05:35 AM	#7
joegrundman Ocean Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,689 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	the taliban were not a major mujahideen force. After the USSR pulled out, the US walked away, really quite happy with a job well done in destroying any chance of a stable communist country in favour of a weapon ridden land of total chaos, backwardism and lawlessness. Since Pakistan had been the vital link (and also major contributor in its own right) in the support for the Mujahideen, and since Pakistan continued to be Aghanistan's neighbour while the US expected never to have to think about that country again, the US was happy for Pakistan's favoured group, the Taliban, to come to dominance. The US was happy about this on the grounds that any dominant group that assembled something resembling a state was an improvement on the prevailing chaos and lawlessness since the Soviet retreat. In particular, a government could be negotiated with in order to curtail heroin production, which was then the only concern that the US still had in Afghanistan. __________________ "Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill

02-21-11, 11:31 PM	#4
Freiwillige The Old Man Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Phx. Az Posts: 1,458 Downloads: 24 Uploads: 0	Actually we backed the Mujahideen against the Soviet backed Democratic republic of Afghanistan. The Taliban didn't come into power until the 90's and what was left of the loosely based Mujaheddin groups that were not destroyed by the Taliban formed the Northern Alliance fighting the Taliban until US invasion. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_...en#Afghanistan