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		all2 on March 9, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Tale of Two Ships [pdf] To be fair, the Russians also occupied Afghanistan with very similar results. I think this is a tenant of colliding ideologies of the occupied people, ideologies of the occupiers, and asymmetrical warfare (see a fantastic book titled "Small Wars").

gumby on March 9, 2020 [–]

> To be fair, the Russians also occupied Afghanistan with very similar results

Exactly, but was that lesson learned? No.

earthboundkid on March 10, 2020 | [–]

Also, they occupied Afghanistan for less time and with arguably more control.

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