In 1979 the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan to install a puppet regime; they were defeated after a 10-year fight against rebels armed by the CIA. Now, the Kremlin's failure to install a puppet government in Ukraine has exposed weaknesses in its military.
Long before Russia invaded Ukraine, long before you ever heard of Vladimir Putin, Russia invaded Afghanistan. It was Christmas of 1979, and Michael Vickers was working for the CIA."Nobody gave the Afghans a chance in 1979," he said.It's only a month into Putin's invasion of Ukraine and already what was supposed to be a cakewalk has turned into a bloody slog. Vickers said,"Putin's in a, probably even a tougher box than the Soviets were then.
An Afghan guerrilla stands atop a damaged Soviet-built armored vehicle left behind by the Red Army and Afghan Communist troops at the Chawni garrison outside Jail, in Afghanistan's eastern Paktia province, May 24, 1988."His economy is being destroyed. You have to look at this and see Russian power being destroyed, you know, both militarily and economically, and its international position," said Vickers.
"Well, how long? The Soviets are in Afghanistan for ten years. Is that the kind of time frame we're looking at for Ukraine?" "I think the time frame is shorter," Vickers replied."I don't see how Russia takes the pain over a sustained period of time."
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