11.26.10
Breaking the Soviet Record
Published on Friday, November 26, 2010 by Salon.com
The US of A breaks the Soviet Record
by Glenn Greenwald
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/11/26-4
Even for the humble among us who try to avoid jingoistic outbursts, some national achievements are so grand that they merit a moment of pride and celebration:
US presence in Afghanistan as long as Soviet slog
The Soviet Union couldn’t win in Afghanistan, and now the United States is about to have something in common with that futile campaign: nine years, 50 days.
On Friday, the U.S.-led coalition will have been fighting in this South Asian country for as long as the Soviets did in their humbling attempt to build up a socialist state.