Which best describes the relationship between the Afghan-Soviet conflict of the 1980s and the U.S.-Iraq conflict that began in 2003?Select one of the options below as your answer: A. Both were viewed by Islamic extremists as foreign occupation of holy territory that must be withstood. B. Both were viewed by the United States as justified occupations of territory in the name of nation-building. C. Osama bin Laden participated in the first one as a jihadist and in the second as a general in the Iraqi resistance. D. The Soviet action was condemned by other global powers, whereas the United Sta

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Which best describes the relationship between the Afghan-Soviet conflict of the 1980s and the U.S.-Iraq conflict that began in 2003?Select one of the options below as your answer: A. Both were viewed by Islamic extremists as foreign occupation of holy territory that must be withstood.  B. Both were viewed by the United States as justified occupations of territory in the name of nation-building.  C. Osama bin Laden participated in the first one as a jihadist and in the second as a general in the Iraqi resistance.  D. The Soviet action was condemned by other global powers, whereas the United Sta