Word: afganistan
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...Afghanistan's history is being rewritten in order to suit the new regime. Russian has been substituted for English as the first foreign language in Afghan schools. The rudimentary education system which existed in the countryside, where 80 percent of the population lives, has been swept away. Many of Afganistan's ancestral monuments, for example the mosques in Herat (considered as international landmarks by UNESCO) have been seriously damaged by the fighting...
Reagan has not hesitated to involve himself in the most questionable military exploits. Reagan was eager to send troops into Grenada. Reagan applauded the British invasion of the Falklands. Reagan has sent guns and money to Afganistan. Reagan has sent military aid to the contras in Nicaragua. Reagan has bombed Libya...
...must be consistent. You cannot be in favor of economic sanctions for one [evil] nation and not for another...With the genocide going on in Afganistan, I can't understand why Harvard has not targeted the Soviet Union," he said...
...tanks not be included as part of the package because of their potential threat to Israel. But the Saudis now say they need the fuel tanks along with five Airborne Warning and Command System (AWACS) aircraft, claiming that their security needs have changed since then. The Soviets are in Afganistan, and Iran, once America's arsenal in the Persian Gulf, is now unfriendly to both the United States and Saudi Arabia...
Even if other nations follow the U.S. initiative, the boycott remains an inappropriate way to protest the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. It would expand, rather than isolate, the Afganistan incident; it would unnecessarily escalate tension between the United States and the Soviet Union--through one of the few forums that still holds hope for increased international cooperation...