Oddly, the death tolls in both wars stand at 440. In Afghanistan, 440 American soldiers were killed by hostile action last year. In Russia’s Caucasus, 440 Russian police and soldiers were killed by Islamic insurgents last year. The death of Osama bin Laden has many Americans thinking: let’s declare victory, crank up the brass bands, […]
A Tale of Two Wars: United States in Afghanistan and Russia in the Caucasus
Posted May 4th, 2011 at 9:39 pm (UTC+0)
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