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Re:Could a Peasant Defeat a Knight in Battle? by jeffreyrogers on Tuesday November 10, 2020 @11:07AM (#25047503)
How about Russia in Afghanistan? Surely they had much less accountability and a similar technology gap (yes, I know the US supplied the fighters with some advanced weaponry). Yet, the had the same outcome as the US.
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Re:Could a Peasant Defeat a Knight in Battle? by kebman on Wednesday November 11, 2020 @04:03PM (#25062953)
Here's a short documentary that captures some the post-Soviet dissolution mood of the Russian troops in Afghanistan, following the glasnost.[1]

[1]: Afgan - The Soviet Experience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfqAHOpGd0g

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