What if the Russians won in Afghanistan?

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Children in the United States of America are not getting the education they are entitled to get, Americans are losing their jobs left and right, the economy.....well, what economy?..... too many U.S. troops have died....and more is going on in the U.S.A. I believe what caused all this was two wars the American Union had to be apart of through out the 2000's. 

Now I totally support the hunt for Bin Laden for what he did, but what if it never happened? What if another country was willing to do all the work? Well, the U.S. had that chance in the 1980's, but because of the country's issues with wanting to be Superman all the time, they ended up biting their own tail.

Ya see, I have been studying the Soviet War in Afghanistan that took place during the late 1970's/through out 1980's recently, and I am thinking, if the Russians won - 9/11, the wars that the U.S. were apart of that followed, and all this other nonsense would have never happened if the Russians were left alone to do the job the U.S. took over to do years later. 

I really don't see how Russia taking over Afghanistan and maybe even killing Bin Laden and the rest of his people would have hurt the United States or anyone else for that matter. Infact, I think things would have been better because there would have been no Al-Qaeda going around not only killing Americans, but plenty of other people as well.

So okay, back in the 1980's, the Russians were going to war with a bunch of religious fanatics who wanted the whole world to be like them, and were willing to kill (and did kill and still are killing) plenty of people for it. And the Russians were the first ones (in modern times anyhow) who were willing to get rid of these guys and their third world ways once and for all, and they had the power to do so, but because of the U.S.A. it never happened.

Gorbachev begged the U.S.A. not to arm the Mujahideen because they were Islamist fanatics, but the U.S ignored him. Afghanistan might have become "Russia part II" if the Russians won, but it might be a darn better sight than it is now, and a lot better for women.....AND there would have been no 9/11, no money issues going on in this country because of the wars, and all this other nonsense that was later caused because of our friend Bin Laden. 

The truth is, the Russians stopped being the U.S.A.'s enemies because they are too busy pointing their fingers at us and laughing! The U.S.A. got a giant wad of karma spit right on us, and we're still trying to wipe it off.

I am a proud American, but the one thing I really dislike about this country is we have a very bad habit of meddling in the affairs of other countries and then digging ourselves into an even bigger hole that is even harder to get out of. Will we ever learn our lesson? What is the lesson/point here? This country and everyone in it should read and learn from history. So many people think that because it's the first time they are expereince something, that it's the first time in human history that it's happening, but it's not true. How about we all start learning from the last genereation's mistakes? I realize "remakes" are in right now, but that doesn't mean we have to do the same does it? Are we all really THAT trendy?

If my country refuses to learn it's history, I at least plan to.

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