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[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 70 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Yeah, Afghanistan was pretty embarrasing for the USSR

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 16 points 4 months ago

Here's what stories I remember from USSR-Afghanistan war, told by actual veterans:

They would punish extremist acts by throwing women and children out of a helicopter, Pinochet style. The person who told me that drank ever since he got back from the war and never stopped.

There was one man who left his tent for a midnight leak and came back to his entire tent with their throats slit. Had insane PTSD.

My father-in-law got his legs messed up by machine gun fire, got airlifted to East Germany to get put back together, doesn't talk much, but still drinks a lot.

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

I was just about to say Russia fucked up pretty bad in Afghanistan as well.

[–] lingh0e@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

You could say it was their Vietnam.

[–] GreenTacklebox@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago

The usa getting involved in Afghanistan is nothing to be proud of. Many War crimes have been committed there by us.