MOSCO
W- Twenty years ago, on February 15, 1989 the Soviet Union withdrew its troops from Afghanistan. The world hoped that this would bring peace to the country, but this hope did not materialize.
What is happening now is pretty much the same. The United States is fighting with guerrillas who are supported from
abroad, by Iran and Pakistan.
It cannot suppress their foreign bases. Today, it is impossible to wage war against Pakistan and Iran.
A build-up of U.S. troops in Afghanistan will only produce more losses. After U.S. withdrawal, Afghanistan will quickly fall under the power of the Taliban once again.
The United States is finding it increasingly difficult to supply troops in Afghanistan. It is best to do this from the north, where Russia has influence.
Recent
ly, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair bluntly accused Russia of ousting the United States from the Manias air base in Kyrgyzstan.
He said he was disappointed with Russia’s role at the talks on this base. He got the impression that Russia was not being helpful, although generally believed that the U.S. role and anti-terrorist struggle in Afghanistan met its interests, because violent Sunnite extremists had made inroads into its southern regions.
Moscow is countering Washingto
n’s attempts to increase influence in the former Soviet republics without preventing the U.S. operation in Afghanistan for a whole number of reasons.
One of the main reasons is that failure in Afghanistan could make Washington more pliable on a number of key issues of influence in Asia. However, if the United States and its allies pull their troops out of Afghanistan, Russia will again have to protect its Central Asian allies against extremist raids from Afghan territory.
Source: RIA Novosti
W- Twenty years ago, on February 15, 1989 the Soviet Union withdrew its troops from Afghanistan. The world hoped that this would bring peace to the country, but this hope did not materialize.What is happening now is pretty much the same. The United States is fighting with guerrillas who are supported from
abroad, by Iran and Pakistan.It cannot suppress their foreign bases. Today, it is impossible to wage war against Pakistan and Iran.
A build-up of U.S. troops in Afghanistan will only produce more losses. After U.S. withdrawal, Afghanistan will quickly fall under the power of the Taliban once again.
The United States is finding it increasingly difficult to supply troops in Afghanistan. It is best to do this from the north, where Russia has influence.
Recent
ly, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair bluntly accused Russia of ousting the United States from the Manias air base in Kyrgyzstan.He said he was disappointed with Russia’s role at the talks on this base. He got the impression that Russia was not being helpful, although generally believed that the U.S. role and anti-terrorist struggle in Afghanistan met its interests, because violent Sunnite extremists had made inroads into its southern regions.
Moscow is countering Washingto
n’s attempts to increase influence in the former Soviet republics without preventing the U.S. operation in Afghanistan for a whole number of reasons.One of the main reasons is that failure in Afghanistan could make Washington more pliable on a number of key issues of influence in Asia. However, if the United States and its allies pull their troops out of Afghanistan, Russia will again have to protect its Central Asian allies against extremist raids from Afghan territory.
Source: RIA Novosti
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