Grey wrote on Jan 7
th, 2012 at 7:04pm:
It takes religion ton turn people against themselves after a resounding win against an Imperium. Whodda thunk what a shambles Afghanistan would turn into after defeating the Russians. Vietnam never experienced that problem after waving goodbye to the coalition did it?
Comparing Vietnam to Afghanistan is like comparing apples and oranges. The civil in Afghanistan was caused by ethnic/language differences not religion.
Considering that nearly 90% of Vietnam belong to the same ethnic/language group, it is not surprising that that the country was unified more quickly after the withdrawal of foreign troops than Afghanistan.
However, in Afghanistan there a large distinct ethnic groups competing for supremacy. Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek 9%.
The Soviet and Chinese-supported resistance in Vietnam was unified under communist leadership which enabled them to quickly take over the country.
Whereas the US and Pakistani supported numerous warlords from different ethnic groups in Afghanistan, ensuring that when the Soviets left civil war would ensue to determine the ultimate winner.
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