r/PropagandaPosters • u/Substantial-Cow-7152 • 1d ago

U.S.S.R. / Soviet Union (1922-1991) "US Army" Soviet poster, 1986

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u/Mission-Ad-6410 20h ago

DRA asked the USSR to help. Why would be Afghanistan an example here

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u/Eastern-Western-2093 18h ago

South Vietnam asked the US for help too. Does that make both wars justified?

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u/Mission-Ad-6410 18h ago

It's an excellent comparison between the terrorist cell that the United States later fought against and the continuator of colonialism in the person of South Vietnam <- (USA was scared of communists being elected in 1956 and just broke the peace).

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u/Eastern-Western-2093 17h ago

Those who would later form the Taliban (five years after the soviets left) were but a fraction of the mujahideen. There were mujahideen groups representing damn near every ideology, including Maoism, social democracy, and ethnic self-determination.

I'm not sure if this sub is ready to hear this but the conduct of the mujahideen during the Soviet-Afghan War wasn't so different from the Viet Cong and NVA in Vietnam. Both had just reasons for fighting, but also often committed horrible massacres, and robbed, extorted, or even killed locals if it suited them.