Word: afghanistan
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...late for Yeltsin to learn any lessons. Before invading Chechnya, he should have remembered the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan and the fact that it took czarist armies nearly 50 years to subdue the Chechens in the mid-19th century. Yeltsin should seek a humanitarian solution in Chechnya. The Soviet defeat in Afghanistan led to the fall of the Soviet Empire. The invasion of Chechnya could unravel the Russian Federation. And the events in Chechnya raise serious questions about peace. Is the cold war really over...
John Q. Webb Derry, New Hampshire It's too late for Yeltsin to learn any lessons. Before invading Chechnya, he should have remembered the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan and the fact that it took czarist armies nearly 50 years to subdue the Chechens in the mid-19th century. Yeltsin should seek a peaceful and humanitarian solution in Chechnya now. The Soviet invasion and defeat in Afghanistan led to the fall of the Soviet empire. Similarly, the invasion of Chechnya could eventually unravel the Russian Federation. Furthermore, the events in Chechnya raise serious questions about peace and stability in central...
...years, is known for his analytical talents, whether pulling together disparate material, as he did in covering the North Korean nuclear-inspection debacle, or thinking beyond immediate events, as when he outlined the implications of President Kim Il Sung's death. But he has reported on catastrophes too, from Afghanistan to Northern Ireland...
...General Alexander Lebed, commander of the 14th Army in Trans-Dniestr, who is popular for his role in stopping a bloody war there and for his outspoken criticism of military corruption. Or it could be former Vice President Alexander Rutskoi, a onetime combat pilot famous for his exploits in Afghanistan, who has always been more popular than Yeltsin among the military...
Grachev has been feuding with some of the army's top commanders and is trying to fire three of his deputy ministers, including General Boris Gromov, a popular hero of the war in Afghanistan. Gromov in turn has called on Grachev to resign. Such moves, like the plan to shift command of the army to the President, have been left hanging for now. But if Yeltsin is still in the market for scapegoats, that whole group of squabbling generals might fill the bill...