Replying to a message of James Adams to Gary Britt:

 JA> From: James Adams 

 >> Soviet Union so desperate to hang on they were willing to
 >> invade Afghanistan for its territory/land/access to a warm water port,
 >> etc.

 JA> Warm water port in Afghanistan?

 

Actually, I think that once the USSR owned/annexed Afghanistan, getting the
Pakistanis to cooperate with them would most likely have been very easy.

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