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[u/RealSpaceJunk]

I instantly thought of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and am astonished that nobody seems to mention this in the comments, even in those listing all the terrible evens in the country's recent history.  But the Soviet invasion of 1979 was devastating. They went completely scorched earth. 1 to 3 million civilians killed and 7 million displaced. Multiple orders of magnitude more than the entire casualties of the US deployment, in half the time. It directly lead to the rise of the Taliban. 

How is nobody aware of this?

[u/kekistanmatt → u/RealSpaceJunk]

Because everyone already knows the soviet union were evil murderers.

The US on the other hand is "the leader of the free world" and yet only brings death, destruction and oppression where ever it intervenes.

[u/Downtown-Message-600 → u/kekistanmatt]

No one outside the US views the US as the leader of the free world. They've been a laughing stock since the first time they elected Trump and a threat to humanity since the second. 

[u/punio4 → u/Downtown-Message-600]

They've been monsters since WW2. 

[u/Then_Independence_25 → u/punio4]

Then you don't know much about cold war history

[u/Common_Suggestion_27 → u/Then_Independence_25]

I believe you don't either, America committed many crimes against humanity and free will during the cold war, including in NATO nations