Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20161211:02:44:00
Soviet leader mckaikhail gorbachev and how anxious they are to get themselves out of afghanistan, out of a war that they have not been able to win and out of a warm proven too costly to continue. >> because of afghanistan, communism was no longer affordable. the idea of promoting your ideology around the world, defending its interests became too expensive. >> white house officials are thrilled at the idea that when the president arrives in moscow for a summit with gorbachev in late may, it appears that the soviets will begin their pull-out from afghanistan.
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