Russian and American Vets in thier wars

The Russian Troops fighting in Afghanistan felt like we Viet Nam Vets. The were enormous similarities in the 2 wars.

The Islamic Fundamentalists called their war effort against the Russians "the war of 1000 cuts" . They would ambush the Troops and kill as many as they could. The Viet Cong called their war effort against the Americans "The war of 10,000 bites- The Radical Islamic fundamentalists (terrorists) were receiving aid from the United States. The war in Afghanistan war wore down the moral of the Soviet troops as they witnessed their Army slaughtered by these Terrorists. The war improved when they introduced Helicopter Gunships to the war effort. However the United States gave the Fundamentalist surface to air missals that shot down the gunships. The war cost the Soviet Unions hundreds of millions of dollars. 35,000 soldiers died protecting the Soviet Union from Radical Islamic Fundamentalist.The Russian vets compared themselves to American Viet Nam vets who lost 50,000 men in Viet Nam. These Soviet Army troops were our brothers in Sorrow.the Afghanistan vets were called "murderers" when they got home to Russia. We Viet Nam troops were also called "Murderers" when returned to United States.We were both Patriotic young men and women fighting for their Country.