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The Soviets had invaded Afghanistan nine months earlier, deploying more than 100,000 troops in a campaign that many feared was just the first stage of a wider assault on the oil-producing nations of the Middle East.
Robert Gustavo
Suckers. I would feel superior for them, if we hadn't made the same mistake ourselves a few decades later.
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Eric Franklin
Geez, I know. I read a great book called "An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan" (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...) right after September 11th. Scared the shit out of me when we decided …
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Robert Gustavo
I loved Robert Kaplan's "Soldiers of God: With Islamic Warriors in Afghanistan and Pakistan" (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...) which has a very similar theme.

Everywhere Kaplan travels, it ge…
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Robert Gustavo
Also, not loving the truncation.
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
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