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(dramatic music)
(gun fires) The Soviet leadership made the basic mistake of seeing its military superiority as the key to its success in Afghanistan and it didn't think about the fact though, wasn't willing to pay the price of a long, drawn out war
(gun fires) The Soviet leadership made the basic mistake of seeing its military superiority as the key to its success in Afghanistan and it didn't think about the fact though, wasn't willing to pay the price of a long, drawn out war
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(dramatic music)
(gun fires)
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The Soviet leadership made the basic mistake of seeing
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its military superiority as the key
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to its success in Afghanistan and it didn't think about
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the fact though, wasn't willing to pay the price
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of a long, drawn out war.
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Movie Summary
Millions suffered at the hands of the KGB. Mass executions, secret wars and coup d'états. But today, the security network is arguably stronger than ever.
