Jeepers Hang - do you ever speak not from your arse you dolp? Which part of "it's difficult to hit a B52 at 30,000 feet from an AK-47 on the ground" you find particularly confusing?
As far as what portion of my anatomy does the talking.. and when... well; I'd guess you'd have to be here. But, since the chance of you getting a state-funded ticket to yer own asswhuppin is kinda slim; I guess you'll just have to guess.
As far as hittin a B52 with an AK 47.. well, I ain't no rocket scientist, but let me venture a guess... None?
Whats the point? We had a REAL target for our buffs... unlike the the russian arty brigades, who simply destroyed an entire city, citizens and all.
You are the worst example why people may dislike Americans - dumb, arrogant and eager to brag about things you contributed nothing towards. Oh yeah - you can't even f**king spell.
So, tell us Lynx; what do you object too? The truth, or just my cavalier attempts at spelling? Oh, BTW, I believe it's spelled 'diddlying' not 'f**king'. I wouldn't even know how to pronounce what your word is.. I don't speak rooski.
As far as actual contributions to the current effort.. my batteries are in every diddlying predator drone. (note the lack of **) Further, the R&D work I participated in on the NRL's RPV projects has already saved American lives, and the stuff I do every day
right now makes some Marine feel a little safer, some terrorist a little deader.
Further, yah miserable twit, when the time came for me to bear arms for my nation, I served. Willingly. That particular war may not have been just, but as far as I was concerned, I was doing my part to stop communist agression. I never considered then that I was making south vietnam safe for general motors, and the thought that the vietnamese were potential customers for RCA TV's was ludicrious. Still is, as far as i know.
If you believe me a knee-jerk anti-American - I can't argue with that since you obviously can't reason. If you could you'd have seen that Hang's contribution to the war effort would be shutting his mouth on the subject he's got no clue about and keeping it shut.
Reaaaaallly?? Oh, this is grand indeed. So, by your lights, the best contribution I or the resta the ugly americans here that have a vested intrest in security and freedom would be to 'shut my mouth'?
If I get yer drift right; you suggest that the resta the world should shut up and turn a blind eye to the way the Russians are handling their lil terrorist problem? Sorry Lynx, that just ain't gonna happen.
Further, since yer being such a charmer, c'mon over here and try to shut my mouth, hugahunk. Yer pukin dog commie ancestors tried, failed, and became extinct.
But, fun as this line of non-reasoning is, lets go with your approach a lil longer. Maybe we will discover something.
British contingent was stopped from going in by the Afgans themselves. They don't want to be "liberated" by infidels. It's that simple.
Odd.. they let the US marines in... wonder why? Wouldn't have anything to do with a coupla very nasty invasion attempts by britan abouta hundred years ago; would it?
A communist but nevertheless legitimately and democratically elected government asked for help form the communist superpower.
Oh, horseshit. Thats spelled H O R S E meatball. The election was as rigged as every other communist 'election' conducted buy your former government.. Jeezus H. Keeerist, Lynx, get another fediddlein CLUE... The Russians were as popular in Afganistan as the British were in Washington in 1812.
To refresh your history in the region... oh, BTW, History IS in the public domain.
In 1973 Muhammad Daud overthrew the king in a coup. He declared Afghanistan a republic with himself as president. Daud announced ambitious plans for economic development and tried to play the USSR against Western donors, but his dictatorial government was opposed both by radical left-wing intellectuals and soldiers and by traditionalist ethnic leaders. The leading leftist organization was the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA), which had been founded in 1965 and in 1967 split into a pro-Soviet Parcham faction and a much more radical Khalq faction. The two groups joined forces in 1976 to oppose Daud.
In April 1978, after Daud launched a crackdown against the PDPA, leftist military officers overthrew him. PDPA leader Noor Muhammad Taraki became president. Taraki and his lieutenant Hafizullah Amin, both members of the Khalq faction, purged many Parcham leaders. Taraki announced a sweeping revolutionary program, including land reform, the emancipation of women, and a campaign against illiteracy. Late in 1978 Islamic traditionalists and ethnic leaders who objected to rapid social change began an armed revolt. By the summer of 1979 the rebels controlled much of the Afghan countryside. In September Taraki was deposed and later killed. Amin, his successor, tried vigorously to suppress the rebellion and resisted Soviet efforts to make him moderate his policies. The government's position deteriorated, however, and on December 25, 1979, Soviet forces invaded. They quickly won control of Kabul and other important centers. The Soviets executed Amin on December 27 and Babrak Karmal, leader of PDPA's Parcham faction, was installed as president.
Karmal denounced Amin's repressive policies and promised to combine social and economic reform with respect for Islam and for Afghan traditions. But the government, dependent on Soviet military forces, was unpopular, and the rebellion intensified. During the next few years about 3 million war refugees fled to Pakistan and 1.5 million fled to Iran. Many refugees also moved from the countryside to Kabul. The antigovernment guerrilla forces included dozens of factions. They operated from bases around Peshawar, Pakistan, and, to a lesser extent, in Iran. They were sustained by weapons and money from the United States, Saudi Arabia, Iran, and China. By the mid-1980s the United States was spending hundreds of millions of dollars each year to aid Afghan rebels based in Pakistan.
During the 1980s Soviet forces increasingly bore the brunt of the fighting. By 1986 about 118,000 Soviet troops and 50,000 Afghan government troops were facing perhaps 130,000 guerrillas. Although the Soviet troops used modern equipment, including tanks and bombers, the guerrillas were also well armed, and they had local support and operated more effectively in familiar mountainous terrain. In 1986 the United States began supplying the rebels with Stinger missiles able to shoot down Soviet armored helicopters.
The effects of the war on Afghanistan were devastating. Half of the population was displaced inside the country, forced to migrate outside the country, wounded, or killed. Estimates of combat fatalities range between 700,000 and 1.3 million people. With the school system largely destroyed, industrialization severely restricted, and large irrigation projects badly damaged, the economy of the country was crippled. Despite some negative reaction, the presence of so many refugees in neighboring Pakistan and Iran actually improved Afghan relations with those countries. In addition, many of the refugees improved their lives considerably by leaving Afghanistan and the dangers of war therein. Because the majority of the refugees were religious, their fellow Muslims in Iran and Pakistan accepted them, even while the Iranian and Pakistani governments were striving to bring about the fall of the Communist regime in Kabul.
In May 1986 Karmal was replaced as PDPA leader by Muhammad Najibullah, a member of the Parcham faction who had headed the Afghan secret police. In November 1987 Najibullah was elected president.G. Soviet Withdrawal
When Mikhail Gorbachev became the Soviet leader in 1985, he gave high priority to getting Soviet troops out of the costly, unpopular, unwinnable war in Afghanistan. In May 1988 Afghanistan, Pakistan, the USSR, and the United States signed agreements providing for an end to foreign intervention in Afghanistan, and the USSR began withdrawing its forces. The Soviet withdrawal was completed in February 1989.
Any key points missed Lynx?
Or is it "Misha"?
It should be 'Tool'.
