[lbo-talk] a reminder

Chris Doss lookoverhere1 at yahoo.com
Sun Oct 11 09:06:51 PDT 2009


Ne-ep. The Soviets went into Afghanistan as a response to a perceived threat from Iran.

--- On Sun, 10/11/09, Bhaskar Sunkara <bhaskar.sunkara at gmail.com> wrote:


> From: Bhaskar Sunkara <bhaskar.sunkara at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] a reminder
> To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org
> Date: Sunday, October 11, 2009, 11:48 AM
> Wow, I can't believe that something
> like that could be published.  On second
> thought I can.
>
> I dispute the one idea that some list members might agree
> with, the idea
> that the Soviets sought imperialist plunder in
> Afghanistan.  The Russians
> didn't go into Afghanistan to rape it they were goaded into
> the conflict by
> a Carter administration that did everything it could to
> rollback the gains
> of the Saur Revolution and arm and incite reactionaries.
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