"Afghan freedom fighters" Re: Brad weighs in

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

>  > I might have missed it but surely there is a great journalistic job to
>>  be done digging up all of the praise heaped upon the Afghan freedom
>>  fighters by the Reagan (and Thatcher) right in the early eighties. I'm
>>  presuming that this does not happen so much because people don't know
>>  how to research before news articles were posted on the web.
>
>>  Crustily
>>  James Heartfield
>
>Not quite sure what you're getting at, James. I wrote my post from memory
>which, when it comes to TNR, is pretty clear, since during the '80s I read
>the thing nearly every week (I worked for a media group and walked the
>rightwing beat -- TNR, National Review, American Spectator, Policy Review --
>read 'em all). There was plenty of praise heaped on the "freedom fighters"
>at the time (although I always thought they were the ugly cousins to the
>contras, Reagan's favorite offspring). It wouldn't be that hard to go to a
>library, dig through the stacks, and find pieces supporting their efforts. I
>did this in real time, and have no real need to go back, unless I was
>writing a term paper with footnotes.
>
>DP

If James, Dennis, Seth, or anyone has an article from the 80s about 
Reagan, Thatcher, & the like praising the "Afghan freedom fighters," 
please post it here or send it to me offlist.  Thanks in advance!
-- 
Yoshie

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