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Newsgroups: sci.geo.geology, sci.space.policy, alt.religion.islam
From: gherb...@retro.com (George William Herbert)
Date: 05 Feb 2005 08:22:54 GMT
Local: Sat, Feb 5 2005 3:22 am
Subject: Re: Early Iragi Turnout Appears Huge!
Tom <m...@privacy.net> wrote: The Soviet Union moved into Afghanistan in order to move >"Christopher M. Jones" <christopher.m.jo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Tom wrote: >> > That's a truly remarkable statement, considering the Taliban >> > was precisely what the USSR was trying to get rid of when >> > *they* invaded Afghanistan. Had we helped the Soviets, >> > instead of funding fundamentalist Islamic boobs and >> > boycotting the freaking Olympics, the Taliban problem >> > never would have existed in the first place. its armies closer to a warmwater port, either in Pakistan or Iran. There was no islamic terrorist group in the country of note at the time; it was a poorly run socialist borderline marxist puppet state of the Soviet Union, but one which had a reasonably independent government. The Russians decided they wanted to go from a friendly puppet government next door to actually running things directly, and sent commandos in to kill their "ally" the then-president, and invaded. The subsequent Soviet governments (and Russian, post-collapse) >[...] It is a little hard to understand how anyone could >> As far as American involvement, I thinked we backed the >> right side in that particular conflict >Another remarkable statement, considering what's transpired live in ignorance of the Soviet hostile intentions that got it all started. You're acting like there was no threat of the Soviets continuing into Iran or Pakistan, when they have admitted that doing so was exactly their plan and if they hadn't ended up bogged down with the Mujahadeen and seen US forces readying to fight them off, they would have done so. -george william herbert You must Sign in before you can post messages.
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