Looking at the two wars in Afghanistan (the Soviet-Afghan one mostly in the 1980s and the one following 9/11), what do you think about the idea that Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires, and will the United States be the next to fall once that war finally ends?

Looking at the two wars in Afghanistan (the Soviet-Afghan one mostly in the 1980s and the one following 9/11), what do you think about the idea that Afghanistan is the graveyard of empires, and will the United States be the next to fall once that war finally ends? This is completely hypothetical, so this is your opinion, but use what was said in the readings and lecture to discuss.

lecture & class material:
Soviet-Afghan War – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgAVAJ5j5kw
Nov. 9, 1989: The Berlin Wall Falls – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnCPdLlUgvo
Nov. 10, 1989: Celebration at the Berlin Wall – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snsdDb7KDkg