while Russia was the aggressor in Cuba and arguably in Afghanistan
Fucking pardon me? Russia literally tried to take over Afghanistan after the US gave them weapons to protect them from Russia.
“We are not afraid of the Russians, but we are afraid of their helicopters.”
– Some Afghani
edit: I’d say that the USSR wasn’t really the aggressor in Cuba, that was Fidel and his cohort. Castro literally reached out to the Soviets because he needed help after his revolution.
Fucking pardon me? Russia literally tried to take over Afghanistan after the US gave them weapons to protect them from Russia.
“We are not afraid of the Russians, but we are afraid of their helicopters.”
– Some Afghani
edit: I’d say that the USSR wasn’t really the aggressor in Cuba, that was Fidel and his cohort. Castro literally reached out to the Soviets because he needed help after his revolution.