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Legitimate-Cow-6859 t1_iujnjye wrote

Reply to comment by _baundiesel_ in Russia recruiting U.S.-trained Afghan commandos, vets say by 29PiecesOfSilver

I’m just saying, the situation is a lot more complicated than “they wouldn’t fight for their land,” which itself is an easy comment to make. Assuming that you’ve never had to fight for your own land, and risk death for an almost certain lost cause

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_baundiesel_ t1_iujnnwb wrote

That's fair.

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Legitimate-Cow-6859 t1_iujof5x wrote

Check out “no good men among the living”

It’s a really good book written in 2015 that’s part history going back to the invasion by the USSR, part contemporary story involving interviews with a US soldier, an afghan civilian, and a taliban leader. Great insight into the situation

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