The bear trap worked perfectly, but what about its death throes?
Special to WorldTribune.com Commentary by Alexander Maistrovoy By dragging Russia into the “swamp” of a bloody guerrilla war, the U.S. has achieved a brilliant tactical victory, but perhaps made a fatal strategic mistake. … In March 1979, the Special Politburo Commission on Afghanistan met for the first time in the Kremlin. This was preceded by […]