The Taliban formed after the fall of the Soviet Union post soviet-afgan war when the communist government collapsed after the withdrawal of Soviet troops.
The US spent decades in Afghanistan (even during the severe weakening of the Taliban in 2001) only to have it result in full Taliban control of the country in 2021. (20 fucking years)
The Soviets couldn’t “lose” to a group that hadn’t coherently formed yet, unless you count the Afghan mujahideen as the Taliban which is very historically disingenuous in the same war that had heavy foreign intervention from all sides of the geopolitical sphere.
I did count the Mujahideen as the Taliban, I know they’re not necessarily the same group but I figured it was close enough for a comment on a meme. I see now that I was wrong.
In fairness so did the Soviets
The Taliban formed after the fall of the Soviet Union post soviet-afgan war when the communist government collapsed after the withdrawal of Soviet troops.
The US spent decades in Afghanistan (even during the severe weakening of the Taliban in 2001) only to have it result in full Taliban control of the country in 2021. (20 fucking years)
The Soviets couldn’t “lose” to a group that hadn’t coherently formed yet, unless you count the Afghan mujahideen as the Taliban which is very historically disingenuous in the same war that had heavy foreign intervention from all sides of the geopolitical sphere.
So no: not “fairness.”
I did count the Mujahideen as the Taliban, I know they’re not necessarily the same group but I figured it was close enough for a comment on a meme. I see now that I was wrong.
Also the Soviets weren’t responsible for arming and training the taliban, the US was lol.