File:A graveyard in Afghanistan.jpg
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The following is the author's description of the photograph quoted directly from the photograph's Flickr page. "One of the many graveyards in Afghanistan. The US (and others) fueled the war in Afghanistan, which led to 15,000 Soviets being killed and being driven out of the country. Over 1 million Afghans died. From Wikipedia "Over 1 million Afghans were killed. 5 million Afghans fled to Pakistan and Iran, 1/3 of the prewar population of the country. Another 2 million Afghans were displaced within the country. In the 1980s, one out of two refugees in the world was an Afghan. Along with fatalities were 1.2 million Afghans disabled (mujahideen, government soldiers and noncombatants) and 3 million maimed or wounded (primarily noncombatants)." "Carter advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski stated: "According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the mujahideen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, December 24, 1979. But the reality, secretly guarded until now, is completely otherwise." Brzezinski himself played a fundamental role in crafting US policy, which, unbeknownst even to the mujahideen, was part of a larger strategy "to induce a Soviet military intervention." In a 1998 interview with Le Nouvel Observateur, Brzezinski recalled: "We didn't push the Russians to intervene, but we knowingly increased the probability that they would...That secret operation was an excellent idea. It had the effect of drawing the Soviets into the Afghan trap...The day that the Soviets officially crossed the border, I wrote to President Carter. We now have the opportunity of giving to the Soviet Union its Vietnam War." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_war_in_Afghanistan " |
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| Date | Taken on 9 April 2009 | ||
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originally posted to Flickr as Grave
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| Author | Todd Huffman | ||
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