Afghanistan "was successful"? Afghanistan is still going on!
The USSR took the urban centers of Afgh. in something like 2 weeks, greeted by cheering crowds. That looked pretty damn successful at the time.
I think Afgh. is going to be a nightmare.
Chris Doss The Russia Journal ------------------
Nathan Newman said:
"No Blood for Oil" we chanted in 1991 carrying bodybags to warn of "tens of thousands" of deaths of American soliders; it didn't happen and the Left lost credibility on its doomsday predictions. Kosovo could not be helped and air power could not win the war, yet it did. And Afghanistan was far more successful than even the hawks in the US military thought it would be.