[lit-ideas] Re: Sustaining our Resolve
- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 09:17:24 -0700
Andreas,
You are muddying the water. As has been discussed copiously, we were during
the period you describe at war with the USSR. It was called the Cold War.
The individual who created the policy that was used by all succeeding
presidents was George Kennan who worked for Acheson during the Truman
administration. The policy was called containment. In general it consisted
of opposing aggressive Communist activities wherever possible. Sometimes we
opposed Communist aggression militarily as in Korea and Vietnam. Sometimes
we opposed it with the CIA. The events you misrepresent were in that
category. The USSR invaded Afghanistan and we supplied those who opposed
the USSR. We were not opposing Islamism in those days. As a nation we
didn't even know it existed. Al Quaeda, you may recall was created after
the USSR left Afghanistan in 1989. When the USSR left, we left as well.
As far as I can see, your comments don't pertain to anything in Schultz'
article, or anything in my comments. I don't know what your problem is with
reading. I wouldn't think you'd want to respond to an article you hadn't
read. I know I wouldn't.
Lawrence
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Sustaining our Resolve
Lawrence, surely you remember what the Islamic terrorists did from 1982 to
1989 in
Afghanistan.
> Early in his article, (George Schultz) describes our passive phase, during
> which we largely ignored Islamist assassinations and terrorist activities.
This "statement" is staggering in duplicity. It's not merely a lie. It's a
complete
whitewash of history. Schultz is not merely lying about the Islamic Jihad,
nor about the
USSR, but about his own administration. He was Secretary of State for Ronald
Reagan. He knew
perfectly well what was going on.
> "We made no serious response to any of these bloody assaults."
Really? The Reagan administration, which included Schultz, funded,
supported, directed, and
encouraged Islamic assassination and terrorist activities.
Read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_war_in_Afghanistan
Look, you'll now insist that I have to read Schultz's document, and if I
don't, you'll say
that I don't know what I'm talking about. Lawrence, you're selecting writers
who are trying
to rewrite history, even things that we remember personally.
Really, Lawrence, you don't remember what Reagan and Casey did in
Afghanistan?
You don't remember any of that yourself?
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
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