On 6/23/2010 7:12 AM, Andrew VK3BFA wrote:
On Jun 22, 6:00 pm, "J. wrote:
On 6/20/2010 9:08 AM,AndrewVK3BFAwrote:



On Jun 20, 2:43 am, Jim wrote:
On Jun 19, 3:59 wrote:

I aint a Communist, it was tried, didn't work, so why bother with
that particular doctrine anymore. Eastern Europe etc has gone back to
be warring tribes, dont think we have to worry too much about any of
them. The Russians have got their hands full anyway with all the
ethnic tension stuff. And ****ing themselves with laughter at what we
are doing in Afghanistan - pretty much a parallel situation, NATO/
control Kabul (sort of) and can go outside if heavily armed and that
they sleep in fortified encampments otherwise they all get killed. As
did the Russians.

Except that so far we've lost a total of 1047 in ten years and they lost
more than 14,000.

So, is that 1047 guys that wont come home. Pity about their families,
too And 14000 Afghanis - do they count? - nah, .

In terms of comparing the US and Soviet experiences in Afghanistan, the
casualty figures _do_ count. You argument was that the US is having
problems just surviving in Afghanistan. The numbers say otherwise.

The remainder of your post is irrelevant to that point.