Aphganistan

U.S.   2001- present

Two Civil Wars...............1978................1992

Soviet   1979 - 1989

England Third Anglo Afghan War   1919-

England Second Anglo Afghan War   1878-1880

England First Anglo Afghan War  1839 to 1842

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A poem by Rudyard Kipling 

Last two versus:

If your officer's dead and the sergeants look white,
Remember it's ruin to run from a fight:
So take open order, lie down, and sit tight,
   And wait for supports like a soldier.
      Wait, wait, wait like a soldier . . .
 
When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains,
And the women come out to cut up what remains,
Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains
   An' go to your Gawd like a soldier.
      Go, go, go like a soldier,
      Go, go, go like a soldier,
      Go, go, go like a soldier,
         So-oldier of the Queen!