From: Gene McAloon 

On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 10:30:47 -0600, David N. Barnett  wrote:

>| > Soviet Union so desperate to hang on they were willing to
>| > invade Afghanistan for its territory/land/access to a warm water port,
etc.
>|
>| Warm water port in Afghanistan?
>
>The next step was Pakistan.

Aside from the fact they never invaded Afghanistan, why on earth would they want
to conquer and occupy two countries for a warm water port when they already
had one on the Black Sea?

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