Why did the Soviet puppet government in Afghanistan last two and one half years ...?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Why did the Soviet puppet government in Afghanistan last two and one-half years after their troops left?


Something went horribly wrong with the Afghan armed forces.

[Dan]

1. I don't know, but if I would speculate

Maybe American Vs USSR proxy wars?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. We armed the Mujahideen in the hopes of getting the USSR bogged down there.

I'm just surprised their puppet government lasted two and one half years without Soviet troops.

[multigraincracker]

11. Weren't those shoulder fire Surface to Air Rockets they used

against Russia from the US?

https://pjmedia.com/blog/annie-jacobsen/2010/08/12/shoulder-fired-missiles-an-ever-present-threat-to-u-s-planes-n12965

follow the $

[ymetca]

3. Well, there's a reason why Putin

called America nothing more than an organized crime syndicate under the guise of a "democracy".

Hence the whole Twin Towers debacle --cutting off the "horns" of the Great Satan/Money Beast-- that started all this.

"Americans love nothing more than money" was kind of the point. Bin Laden said exactly that.

So yeah, maybe they believed in the Soviet propaganda slightly longer, until that collapsed as well.

Subtle difference, but interesting nonetheless.

[JI7]

4. No, The US has many faults but 9/11 and bin laden had nothing

to do with some wrong committed by the US. That was all religious extremism which terrorizes females in their country.

And Soviets were doing horrible things also.

But looking back and knowing everything we know now we could have just waited a bit longer for the USSR to collapse and avoided those proxy wars .

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. As far as empires the Soviet empire was much much much worse

But we have meddled in other nations business for less than altruistic reasons as have all empires. I always say all things are relative as far as empires go, we aren't the worst. Just ask Filipinos have been conquered by the Spanish, Japanese, and US Your average Filipino loves America.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. So much history

The Soviet invasion of Afghsnistan is why we boycotted the 1980 Olympics

[SCantiGOP]

7. ymetca: I think you're basically right

but that would be balanced by the fact the Soviet were atheists, which is far worse to the Taliban than Christianity.
I think One difference was that the post-Soviet government fought back, while the current group saw the Taliban takeover as inevitable and took off or gave up as quickly as possible.

[ymetca]

9. Right

And I think what you said dovetails nicely with Putin's new "piety", which plays so well to the Republican/Evangelical base.

The latest tactic in our never-ending "war with Eastasia", as it were.

For profit ever requires the most fervent of believers. It matters not, ultimately, what they believe in.

[SCantiGOP]

12. But we're not at war with Eastasia

I heard on Newsmax today that we’re at war with Oceania.

[ymetca]

13. Fnord!

This is the part where the chorus comes in (picture cartoonish thugs in a pub hoisting pints):

"Ooooooh, in every system sufficiently complex chaos reigns supreme! | chaos reigns supreme! | chaos reigns supreme!"

[draft scene cut from Pirates of the Caribbean, the Broadway Musical]

[SCantiGOP]

14. Good night to you, Sir or Madam

It’s been an enlightening discussion.

[roamer65]

6. The USSR was propping Najibullah up with money and weapons.

Also, the mujahadeen was fractured at that point.

[Drum]

10. Kick n rec!

[David__77]

15. It had a core of support.

There were many thousands who were deeply committed to the ruling party’s project regardless of Soviet presence/absence. The government aimed to mobilize people politically against the Islamist insurgents.