Make your own minds up. But remember, the Russian did something the West could not do, put 100,000 troops into Kabul during a blizzard. Even with their tremendous fire-power they could not beat a homogeneous people fighting in their own back yard.
Has anything changed?
Gorbachev: Nato victory in Afghanistan impossible
The former leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, has warned Nato that victory in Afghanistan is impossible.
Mr Gorbachev said that the US had no alternative but to withdraw its forces if it wanted to avoid another Vietnam.
As Soviet leader, he pulled his troops out of Afghanistan more than 20 years ago after a 10-year war.
He praised President Barack Obama for his decision to begin withdrawing troops next year, but said the US would struggle to get out of the situation.
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In 1997 Gorbachev starred in a Pizza Hut commercial.
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