[lbo-talk] query: Arundhati Roy

Charles Brown cbrown at michiganlegal.org
Tue Mar 7 08:45:56 PST 2006


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Btw, was the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan justified?

Ulhas

^^^^^^ CB: It was analogous to if the Soviets could have sent troops to Nicaragua or Angola to defend against Contras. Certainly, many of us supported the Nicarguan Sandinistas against the U.S. backed Contras. There were U.S. backed Contras in Afghanistan, too.



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