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JDPriestly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-07-11 04:31 PM
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1. Baloney. Russia could not defeat the Mujahadeehn and has
even more to lose from an aggressive movement of extremist Islamists than the US.

Russia needs the US in Afghanistan to distract the fanatical Muslims there. Russia has its own problems with overly zealous Muslims in neighboring countries and the threat of terrorism within its borders.
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