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The Soviet Union under Gorbachev was not a democracy.

I was thinking of the US involvement in Afghanistan and the tendency for American public opinion to turn negative on any war the longer it goes on.  But the Soviet involvement in Afghanistan is an interesting case.  What did drive Soviet withdrawal, after 10 years?

[81alum]

The Soviet Union under Gorbachev was not a democracy.

I was thinking of the US involvement in Afghanistan and the tendency for American public opinion to turn negative on any war the longer it goes on.  But the Soviet involvement in Afghanistan is an interesting case.  What did drive Soviet withdrawal, after 10 years?