the morality in supporting the Mujahideen
The same savage Taliban that US forces (increasing rapidly none the less) are currently engaging and bombing in Afghanistan today rose to extreme powers and dominance in the 1980's, but one has to wonder if supplying these savages with up to date equipment to kill is moral or not.
In 1978 a communist government came into power in Afghanistan, in 1979 Soviet military advisers begun arriving and in late 1979 they invaded;
Hard working B-actor turned president Ronald Reagan (see above) wasn't going to appear weak or let the situation go out of hand (Carter lost the popularity vote after the failed Operation Eagle Claw to rescue American hostages in Iran), decided not to directly intervene with the Soviet invasion but hurt them in the long term, and he did just that.
With his administration funneling millions to the rebels each year giving them hundreds of AK-47's and RPG's, SA-7 surface to air missiles and the infamous FIM-92 Stinger heat seeking missile, this meant that the rebels were able to lay waste to cargo planes resupplying the Soviet forces whom only controlled a 20% of the country while they laid hell in the countryside.
After nearly ten years of over 250,000 well equipped trained terrorists terrorizing them the Soviets were finally forced to withdraw in 1988, those mass forces withdrawing were still bullied by the advancing rebels some even having to return to help the democratic government that had being installed there;
It had been no cheap war for the Soviets, the well armed and motivated rebels had managed to down 118 plans, 333 helicopters (mostly gunships) and take out 147 tanks, a huge material loss, and on top of this dead were 15,000 Soviet soldiers!
Some (the US ambassador seen here for example) at the time were happy that the Soviets had been defeated and drawn out of the Middle East often citing the fact that the rebels were now free.
Well lets say after the Afghan Civil war that ended in 1992 with a rebel victory after they overthrew the democratic Afghan government installed by the Soviets, that's when they were "free", and free at their expense to murder people, beat women, the free people under the Taliban weren't allowed employment, education and sports for women, movies, television, videos, music, dancing, hanging pictures in homes, clapping during sports events, kite flying, and beard trimming.
Maybe George W. Bush disagreed with Ronnie on what was truly defined on freedom so in 2001 after 9/11 launched Operation Enduring Freeing sending US and British forces into Afghanistan tosecure a pipeline from the Caspian Sea free the Afghan people once again.
It was of course only in late 2001
pictures like this begun coming out!
This begs the moral question on supporting the mujahideen, not only did the US make it possible for the Taliban to control Afghanistan in the first place, but also the thousands of human rights abuses that were made possibly because of it and that ultimately led to even today with over 21,000 US troops present Afghanistan still remains a failed state.
In 1978 a communist government came into power in Afghanistan, in 1979 Soviet military advisers begun arriving and in late 1979 they invaded;
Hard working B-actor turned president Ronald Reagan (see above) wasn't going to appear weak or let the situation go out of hand (Carter lost the popularity vote after the failed Operation Eagle Claw to rescue American hostages in Iran), decided not to directly intervene with the Soviet invasion but hurt them in the long term, and he did just that.
With his administration funneling millions to the rebels each year giving them hundreds of AK-47's and RPG's, SA-7 surface to air missiles and the infamous FIM-92 Stinger heat seeking missile, this meant that the rebels were able to lay waste to cargo planes resupplying the Soviet forces whom only controlled a 20% of the country while they laid hell in the countryside.
After nearly ten years of over 250,000 well equipped trained terrorists terrorizing them the Soviets were finally forced to withdraw in 1988, those mass forces withdrawing were still bullied by the advancing rebels some even having to return to help the democratic government that had being installed there;
It had been no cheap war for the Soviets, the well armed and motivated rebels had managed to down 118 plans, 333 helicopters (mostly gunships) and take out 147 tanks, a huge material loss, and on top of this dead were 15,000 Soviet soldiers!
Some (the US ambassador seen here for example) at the time were happy that the Soviets had been defeated and drawn out of the Middle East often citing the fact that the rebels were now free.
Well lets say after the Afghan Civil war that ended in 1992 with a rebel victory after they overthrew the democratic Afghan government installed by the Soviets, that's when they were "free", and free at their expense to murder people, beat women, the free people under the Taliban weren't allowed employment, education and sports for women, movies, television, videos, music, dancing, hanging pictures in homes, clapping during sports events, kite flying, and beard trimming.
Maybe George W. Bush disagreed with Ronnie on what was truly defined on freedom so in 2001 after 9/11 launched Operation Enduring Freeing sending US and British forces into Afghanistan to
It was of course only in late 2001
pictures like this begun coming out!
This begs the moral question on supporting the mujahideen, not only did the US make it possible for the Taliban to control Afghanistan in the first place, but also the thousands of human rights abuses that were made possibly because of it and that ultimately led to even today with over 21,000 US troops present Afghanistan still remains a failed state.
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posted by Paul Iddon @ 5:37 PM
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