THE BRITISH INVADED AFGHANISTAN TO PREVENT OLD RUSSIA FROM DOING IT WHILE SEEKING THEIR OWN EMPIRICAL EXPANSION. THE USSR DID IT BECAUSE THE PUPPET GOVERNMENT THEY PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED WASN'T COMMUNIST ENOUGH. AMERICA DID IT, BECAUSE THE RULING TALIBAN PROTECTED AL-QAEDA WHEN THEY CARRIED OUT 9/11 WHILE BOTH WAGED THE SAME HOLY WAR UPON INNOCENT PEOPLE. WE ARE NOT THE SAME.