The bottom line remains Afghanistan was legitimately a communist country.
The Soviets went in to quell unrest. The fact that your government supported & financed terrorists bent on destroying & destabilizing a country is not good. So the stingers made a difference as a result of subversive interference and meddling into the affairs of others. And the Soviet Union became mired in debt, resulting in it's eventual collapse. Bravo. Had the Soviets still been around, such reckless foolhardiness on the part of your government wouldn't have taken place, ...and your butt might be stateside right now sipping a cold beer and taking in a Patriots game. Now it's looking like the same mucky quicksand the Soviets were trapped in, as a result of subversive meddling by a bunch of psychopathic madmen and the puppet they control, is about to swallow the Coalition of the willing as well. Blow back is a bitch huh? Anyway, I truly don't want to get into this with you at all. You're over there, do your job, keep your head down, dodge the IEDs, and hopefully get home soon.