(March 14, 2016 at 1:40 pm)Drich Wrote: Regan used the Taliban to fight a proxy war against the USSR Like they used the Vietnamese to fight a proxy war against us.What business did Regan have in Afghanistan? Why squander money in such a far away country? Some would say a blinding hatred of Communism. At the time, the Taliban were armed and financed by Saudi and Pakistan also, two terrible countries. Majority of the Afghans don't like the Taliban.
The Taliban took away their televisions and their Buzkashi and before the Taliban women could get an education! The Communists overthrew the unpopular Shah and they did so much to improve the country. Regan comes along and finances some Jihadis who wanted to ruin Afghanistan. Of course they wanted to impose Sharia and marginalize people; they were financed by Saudi!
(March 14, 2016 at 1:40 pm)Drich Wrote: Likke with the Vietnamese Regan turned a 'policing action' for the russians into a war of attrition that they lost. Ultimately contributing to the economic crash and restructuring of Russia. Regan was indeed correct when He compared The Taliban to the Colonial Army.No, Regan was be willfully ignorant. You seem to be suggesting that supporting "Militant Islam" is absolutely fine if the end justifies the means. The "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" mentality is what gave the Taliban and AL-Qaeda power. The United States loves war. That's why people hate the United States.
(March 14, 2016 at 1:40 pm)Drich Wrote: In that they were fighting for their interdependence from their russian colonization. However Regan was not a prophet and did not know they would turn on us. After all we did not turn on the french after the help us kick the red coats back into the sea.The Russians/Soviets weren't colonizing Afghanistan. They were helping out an ally. And you're saying Regan didn't know who he was dealing with? Regan loved the al-Saudi, the Fascists that rule Saudi, just as much as George W. Bush did. I would like to dispel the notion that President Regan didn't know what he was doing: He knew exactly what he was doing.
The Taliban's treachery is a testament to their own wickness, not to Regan's desire to help free a Nation.
Apparently it's fine if Regan supports "Radical Islam"; that's all I understood from your post.
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