> >It defended the closest thing to a functioning state Afghanistan has
> ever had from
>a bunch of lunatic hill tribesmen with a penchant for mass rape and
>slitting the
>throats of schoolteachers in girls' schools?
>
>Historical point taken. Nonetheless, I find it hard to believe that this
>was Brezhnev's intention, stated or otherwise.
>
>Christian
I guess I'm in need of a history lesson? I thought the Afghan conflict was basically a widening of the Brezhnev Doctrine beyond it's original Warsaw Pact context.
John Thornton