Word: afghanistan
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...would be in military aid, the rest in humanitarian supplies. The decision to carry the fight to Capitol Hill once more stemmed from a Jan. 10 meeting of the National Security Council, which approved a directive calling for increased aid and involvement not only in Nicaragua but also in Afghanistan and, more controversially, Angola. The document declares that the U.S. intends to play an even more active role than in the past to apply pressure on the Sandinistas, send covert military aid to the rebels opposing Angola's Marxist government, and help the Afghans harass the Soviet occupying forces...
Covert American aid to the anti-Communist rebels in Afghanistan, which amounts to a reported $470 million this year, has little opposition in Congress. But there is much resistance to getting the U.S. involved in Angola, where a Marxist government is being opposed by the UNITA troops of Jonas Savimbi. He is expected to get a warm reception at a visit to the White House this week. The State Department, as well as many Congressmen, remains opposed to any open U.S. aid to the rebels. The drawbacks: it could link the U.S. to the government of South Africa, which...
More wise-butt Americans abroad. Chevy Chase and Dan Aykroyd are State Department employees sent to Afghanistan as decoys for a pair of real spies. En route, they brazen their way in and out of scrapes, make poo-poo jokes and just about start World War III. Chase has made a career, if not an art, of strenuous japery like this, but Co-Writer Aykroyd has again neglected to give himself a character to play. So this Road to Armageddon plays more like Crosby and Hopeless. Director John Landis achieves a brisk and funny basic- training sequence, then follows...
...attack mutual enmity? Lown's linkage with Soviet doctors can be considered a subset of this. Such a Samantha Smith approach to international relations is particularly attractive because it looks innocuous. It takes a pretty tough cookie to bring up the nasty issue of millions dead in Afghanistan when Mikhail offers us his best dancers...
Whether or not Afghanistan joins the "media chic" remains an issue for speculation. One thing is certain, however: What we don't hear about the Afghan struggle today will take up much space in tomorrow's history books. Perhaps, like some perpetually belated Greek chorus, the public will once again ask, "Why wasn't this prevented...