Well it could be argued that the simulity doesn't stop where you say it does, because there was already a strong communist government in Afcanistan with no real help from the soviets before the invasion, which actually acted very Liberal and almost democratic for a decade without soviet help. Of course acting Liberal pissed off the Islamic extremists there which caused them to blow up the new schools, hospitals and kill women who were freed from the Burka's they no longer had to wear.
Thus the soviet occupation, or how they would like to see it the invitation of the soviet army by the government of Afcanistan, which is true, was ligitment. The only differance is that the soviets were invited to come and the Americans invaded Afcanistan and held elections to which the government after the invasion invated them to stay... arguably because that government would not last without them there. I'd also argue that the soviet union using the same reasoning had more legitimazy then that of the the USA and Canada.
HOWEVER!!!!
As you know I do support our men and women being there, making sure that these monsters do not take over this nation again... or at least retard there efforts. I do understand that UN restrictions are harsh and sometimes do not bring the best results. But UN legitimacy is what we need to make this mission work unless we wish to be there forever. Even with the UN's help it will be a up hill fight. But one we must do. Unlike the magority on the left I welcomed the war in Afcanistan, I know the harm they did to many, not only my leftists in Afcanistan, but Men, women and children, repressed and murdered. Somehow this has to stop, but an occupation will only legitimize the taliban and others like them as it did with the soviet occupation. The resurgancy of Taliban activity in Northern pakistan and southern Afcanistan is scary and many innocents are dieing each day in these area's.
