The Russians were not modrenizing Afghanistan per se, they were shoving communism and athiesm down the throats of the Afghans. The USSR backed Afghan govt was opressing it's political and ideological rivals, but then I guess, someone is "evil" only if he is a mullah. Just take a look at the Soviet backed bloody coups and violent uprisings, not just in Afghanistan but throughout the globe. The USSR was not doing it out of love of the Afghans but because it wanted to exploit the natural resources of Afghanistan and establish a military presence in that country. If you have any doubt then go and check the history of that athiest empire from Siberia to Gulags to opression and to the expansion of it's geographical boundaries. I don't know why some people think of USSR as some angel.
And for the Pak -India comparison in your post, I would like to say that apples are not oranges, or what fighter pilots say, no two air combat situations are ever the same. The example of Afghanistan and Russian involvment in that country and it's fallout should have been an eyeopener.
Forget about what fighter pilots say, unless you are, or were, one yourself. What do you say? In particular, why did you say that
@haviZsultan was apples and oranges? Any serious thought behind it, or an offended self-image?
No, sadly.
The thing is if they completely took Afghanistan, Pakistan was next (due to our rich natural resources). And it was clear that India would have been inclined if such an invasion occurred. Pakistan could not fight a two front war especially with the USSR on the other side. At the time it was absolutely necessary for our survival to back the mujahideen.
And then they'd have conquered India, and made the Russian President Emperor of India, before going on to conquer Burma, and moving into south China, with one wing of their all-conquering Army sweeping out over Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.....so naturally you had to fight off the Russians, vicariously, fighting them to the last Afghan. Naturally.
If you give Lion's teeth to a monkey they will still remain the Monkey, same is the case with India. They cannot fight...
We had much better leadership back then, we were supporting our Muslim Brothers and being a Muslim country we have to do it without fear of any "Super power"
Mmmm. And that's why, because all the brave-hearts fell asleep at the same time, and their engines were running and they didn't know it, their tanks ran dry, and the Indians, who cannot fight, came and took over with offers of a windscreen wipe along with the discounted petrol.
Please - come back when you've grown up to be less of a cartoon. Do you know anything at all about any of the Indo-Pak encounters, or are you busy impressing your baby sister?
If you give Lion's teeth to a monkey they will still remain the Monkey, same is the case with India. They cannot fight...
We had much better leadership back then, we were supporting our Muslim Brothers and being a Muslim country we have to do it without fear of any "Super power"
Did you forget that giving an Army donkey's tails means that they are magically transformed into donkeys? And that if you had not had Stingers jammed up your backside in a line about a 100 miles long, your much better leadership would still have been gnawing its knuckles wondering what to do? It was Stingers from a Super power, btw, O Lion's Teeth.
When it comes to fighting terrorism or defending the country against a four times larger enemy, of course, he is absolutely right.
Get your figures right, it's eight times larger (seven times during Ramzan).
