Soviet War in Afghanistan/march 1980 %e2%80%93 April 1985 - Soviet Offensives

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    “I, Alphonso, live and learn,
    Seeing Nature go astern.
    Things deteriorate in kind;
    Lemons run to leaves and rind;
    Meagre crop of figs and limes;
    Shorter days and harder times.
    Flowering April cools and dies
    In the insufficient skies.”
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    “In the Soviet Union everything happens slowly. Always remember that.”
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    “Would it be possible to stand still on one spot more majestically—while simulating a triumphant march forward—than it is done by the two English Houses of Parliament?”
    —Alexander Herzen (1812–1870)

    “It is well that war is so terrible: we would grow too fond of it!”
    —Robert E. Lee (1807–1870)