@Politics_Observer
Were you born and raised in Russia or something? Are you a citizen of Russia posing as an American citizen? You don't sound like an American to me. Are you sure you are an American citizen?
What a loathsome personal attack, beneath contempt. You just might have invalidated any consideration I might have had for you in the past, were I not a forgiving person. I forgive you for your fanaticism, your hatred, and your ignorance, whether wilful or not. You have demonized me, dehumanized me, questioned my patriotism and my values as a citizen of the United States, and absolutely ignored anything i've said to engage you in rational conversation. For that too I forgive you. You won't be hearing from me again because I won't be the occasion of another's spiritual downfall, I won't give you the opportunity to wrong yourself when you wrong me.
But shame on you, I thought you were better than that. Maybe you are, and politics has moved you to lose some common human feeling for those who have disagreements with you.
I agree with @Drlee 's assessment of why WE (we as in the U.S.) went into Afghanistan. However, I don't agree with YOUR assessment as to why the Soviets went into Afghanistan. The Soviets wanted two of the following and were thus the reason for invading Afghanistan:
- A warm water port
- Access to the Middle East, particularly through Iran and it's oil fields
Jimmy Carter at the time was alarmed at the Soviet invasion because he feared it would proceed from Afghanistan into Iran. If that happened, Carter had stated his willingness to use our nuclear arsenal to stop any Soviet invasion of Iran. That's probably why the Soviets stayed in Afghanistan rather than proceed to invade Iran to achieve both of those objectives above.
Please provide any evidence to support your contention, from the Soviet side, that they had any intentions whatsoever to do what you're suggesting. A hint, you cannot, because it's not there. Afghanistan was falling apart in 1979, and the Soviets were concerned that Islamic reactionaries would take over the country and spread their beliefs into Soviet Central Asia and elsewhere.
It's also much the same reason why Stalin agreed to give the West the Western half of Berlin shortly after World War II ended rather than keep it for himself. He basically didn't have much of a choice given our nuclear monopoly at the time and the close proximity of our forces. Had we not had those weapons, Stalin most certainly would have kept ALL of Berlin for himself because we would have no position to bargain with Stalin from given he had millions of Red Army troops in Berlin at the time and far outnumbered our forces. He would have simply kept all of Berlin for himself and not honored any agreement he made in regards to Berlin. This was also another reason why Stalin was motivated to get the bomb for himself.
This has no relevance to Afghanistan or the Soviet Union in 1979. The USSR had nuclear weapons in 1979. There were no plans to go further beyond Afghanistan, which in itself was going to be difficult enough to control.