Soviet War In Afghanistan: Pick a side.

[Co-Chair Bagel23]

CCCP and allies FTW (sadly they did not) !

[Continential]

The Parchamists in the Soviet side.

[Joe Haydn]

Massoud's nationalist mujahideen, easily. By default better than the alternatives of the Soviets and the Hekmatyar terrorists.

[Storr]

With hindsight, definitely the Soviets.

[Joe Haydn]

Is it fair of me to assume that all the people supporting the Soviets are also Assad supporters?

[GeneralMacArthur]

The Soviet Union's getting tangled up in this morass and embarrassed internationally was one of the key events the led to its end, which probably saved countless millions of lives over the three decades since.  Whatever may have happened in Afghanistan and Pakistan since is, honestly, a small price to pay.  I'd happily trade Nepal or Mongolia becoming another Afghanistan if it meant we could break up and destroy the People's Republic of China.

[OSR stands with Israel]

The Soviets were the greater of the two evils

[vitoNova]

The Soviets, most definitely. 

[Former President tack50]

Союз нерушимый республик свободных
Сплотила навеки Великая Русь.
Да здравствует созданный волей народов
Единый, могучий Советский Союз!

[͘]

Союз нерушимый республик свободных
Сплотила навеки Великая Русь.
Да здравствует созданный волей народов
Единый, могучий Советский Союз!

Lol, I sung that in my head while I was reading that.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Союз нерушимый республик свободных
Сплотила навеки Великая Русь.
Да здравствует созданный волей народов
Единый, могучий Советский Союз!

Finally, someone on this forum understands political theory.

[HisGrace]

Regardless of the larger geopolitical implications of how the conflict turned out the Soviets were clearly in the wrong and the aggressors for invading.

[Continential]

bumping this due to recent events

[Derpist]

The Taliban were the bad guys until 2001, at which point they became the good guys.

[S019]

Obviously the Soviets with hindsight

[certified hummus supporter 🇵🇸🤝🇺🇸🤝🇺🇦]

The resisting Mujahedeen lead by Burhanuddin Rabbani and Ahmad Shah Massoud.

[H. Ross Peron]

The Soviet Union's getting tangled up in this morass and embarrassed internationally was one of the key events the led to its end, which probably saved countless millions of lives over the three decades since.  Whatever may have happened in Afghanistan and Pakistan since is, honestly, a small price to pay.  I'd happily trade Nepal or Mongolia becoming another Afghanistan if it meant we could break up and destroy the People's Republic of China.

Not very sympathetic to the USSR, but how did its breakup save millions of lives? Also China's very different from the USSR considering its 90% ethnic Han. You are better off hoping for Chinese democratization not balkanization-even if somehow Xinjiang and Tibet (both of which have large ethnic Han populations anyways) achieved independence, China's core demographic and economic heartlands would remain under its sway.