"Soviet" solution in Afghanistan?

[Aemilius Paulus]

Wait... tunnels? In Afghanistan? Whoa, they can actually build those?

LOL, epic burn coming up...

Yeah, it is called the Salang tunnel and the Ruskies you hate so much built it...

Did you honestly think the Afghans could build something like that? (it is sad, but I am actually serious here...)


It is sad, but before the Americans came, basically almost anything that large was built by the Soviets the Afghans and Americans fought so hard to keep out. Talk about irony. Really, I do believe the Soviet rule in Afghanistan would have done much good, but not at the cost of a war to institute that rule.



Afghanistan really is a Mediaeval place... Their tribal organisation and deep vendettas coupled with powerlessness of the gov't and the lawlessness do create rather very inhospitable conditions for any development.