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Reflections on Afghanistan: The Soviet Intervention (1979-1989)

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The Monarchy and the Leftists

Some of the communists policies that were, at least in theory, good policies, but when implemented, pissed off a bunch of different factions. Some soviets believed in the communist manifesto and how you have to help a country that is trying to achieve communism. But then there was also people in the us. S r. Who didn't want us to satellite state; they just wanted a safer boundary to their empire and an ally in the region. Calling it the soviet invasion is incredibly misleading. Give us a little agency. Those people intervene because the cobble arranged it. Yes.

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