Former USSR president Gorbachev: US campaign was doomed from start
Mikhail Gorbachev, the leader who oversaw the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghanistan in 1989 said that the US had mishandled their own campaign in Afghanistan.
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev^makes an impression with his hands in cement as he visits the former Berlin Wall border crossing point Checkpoint Charlie, in Berlin November 7, 2014.(photo credit: REUTERS/HANNIBAL HANSCHKE)ByREUTERS