Fun Facts

[texassapper]

Everyone knows Afghanistan has been referred to as the graveyard of empires...

USSR leaves Afghanistan: 02/15/89
USSR collapses: 12/26/91
Elapsed time: 1044 days

USA leaves Afghanistan: 08/30/21
US Date + 1044 days: 07/09/24
Days to go: 202 (as of posting date)

This sounds about right..lol

[eyecu2]

Originally Posted by texassapper

Everyone knows Afghanistan has been referred to as the graveyard of empires...

USSR leaves Afghanistan: 02/15/89
USSR collapses: 12/26/91
Elapsed time: 1044 days

USA leaves Afghanistan: 08/30/21
US Date + 1044 days: 07/09/24
Days to go: 202 (as of posting date)

This sounds about right..lol

If Trump is elected into power again----- (fixed it for ya.)

The soviets have been very challenged with understanding their adversaries - even in Ukraine. Us in Vietnam.

Leaving Afghanistan was likely 5 yrs overdue. The way they left was stupid.

[Precious_b]

How could you ignore the Great Game and numbers from it?

[texassapper]

The last time Democrats attempted to remove a Republican from presidential ballots was 1860 when they attempted to remove Lincoln as a "threat to democracy."

LOL. the more things change...

[biomed1]

To Return to the Original Topic. . .

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[dilbert firestorm]

Originally Posted by texassapper

Everyone knows Afghanistan has been referred to as the graveyard of empires...

USSR leaves Afghanistan: 02/15/89
USSR collapses: 12/26/91
Elapsed time: 1044 days

USA leaves Afghanistan: 08/30/21
US Date + 1044 days: 07/09/24
Days to go: 202 (as of posting date)

This sounds about right..lol

what about the greek, genghis and british empires?

[eccieuser9500]

Originally Posted by biomed1

To Return to the Original Topic. . .

The topic is Fun Facts.

[biomed1]

The Title is Fun Facts . . .
The Topic is Afghanistan being known as the graveyard of empires...

[eccieuser9500]

Noted, sir!

[SpeedRacerXXX]

Originally Posted by texassapper

The last time Democrats attempted to remove a Republican from presidential ballots was 1860 when they attempted to remove Lincoln as a "threat to democracy."

LOL. the more things change...

When I was growing up, the NE was solid Republican and the south was solid Democratic. Now the reverse is true. Have the voters changed that much? No. The ideology of the 2 parties have almost completely changed.

To compare the political landscape of the 1850s to the political landscape of today and say "the more things change" is ridiculous.

"The Great Switch: How the Republican & Democratic Parties Flipped Ideologies"

"The Democratic and Republican Parties have not always had the same ideals that they have today. In fact, America's two dominant political parties have essentially flipped ideologies in the time since they were founded."

https://www.studentsofhistory.com/id...0liberal%20one.

[eccieuser9500]

Still waiting on the second season. There are some facts about Afghanistan. I hope bio doesn't consider this a hijack.

[biomed1]

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#6 - Respect the topics presented by those who start a thread. Attempts to derail a thread or change it's direction is referred to as thread hijack and will be discouraged. Attempts to guide a thread in the right direction are appreciated, while responses to posts which hijack a thread are not.