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U.S. defeat in Afghanistan—A contrast with the Soviet experience
The U.S. has been defeated today in Afghanistan not by a super power with an advanced military, but by a rag-tag army of fanatical locals who perfected and consolidated their fanaticism under U.S., Saudi and Pakistani tutelage in the 1980s to fight the Soviets.
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U.S. defeat in Afghanistan—A contrast with the Soviet experience
As`ad AbuKhalil says Western media never regarded the U.S. involvement for what it really was.