Russian Army’s Fail No Surprise to CIA Official Who Battled It in Afghanistan

Milt Bearden ran CIA operation that backed Afghan Mujahideen against Red Army

The Russian military’s poor performance in Ukraine comes as no surprise to the former CIA officer who ran the agency’s covert operation against the Red Army in Afghanistan four decades ago.

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Russia’s best were plagued by bad maintenance, poor chains of command, low morale, alcoholism and desertions—and of course, the hit-and-run tactics…