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Originally Posted by HOZ
Upon taking power Reagan faced this....
1. In 1980 the Soviet Union was winning. The MOST evil, most oppressive, most omnipotent force ever conceived was WINNING. They invaded Afghanistan because they could. Like who would stop them?
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That sounds awfully familiar actually. The USSR had many thinly veiled excuses to invade Afghanistan, but for the most part, it was to expand their influence and power. No different than the US invasion of Iraq really.
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BTW: the Soviets invented today's terrorism.
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It was the Americans who built up the Taliban and helped Saddam Hussein get into power. You can argue that the blowback was a result of reacting to the USSR aggression, but that is about it. Maybe Reagan made the correct foreign policy decisions, I am not going to double guess that, but they did come with many unwanted side effects.