Penguin
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Anyone with half a brain and some knowledge of history knows this.That's the real point Russian supporters hide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War_(1953–62)
1959 World map of alignments:
Dark blue = NATO member states
Light blue = Other allies of the USA
Green = Colonized countries
Reddish Brown = Warsaw Pact member states
Pink = Other allies of the USSR
Grey = Non-aligned nations
Note Egypt, Syria and Iraq as Soviet allies.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cold_War-1970.png
A color-coded map of the world in 1970, showing various groups of countries
- Green - Non self governing possessions of US allies.
- Blue - US and US allies.
- Red - Soviet Union and other communist allies.
- Orange - Communist countries not aligned with the USSR.
- Pink - Non Communist allies of USSR
- Light Blue - Non NATO members of EFTA and OECD.
- Gray - Unknown or non aligned.
Alliances in 1980:
(Dark) Blue = NATO & Western allies,
Light pink through Red = Warsaw Pact & other Soviet allies,
(Light) Purple = nonaligned states,
Orange = China and Albania (communist countries not aligned with USSR),
××× armed resistance
Note Syria and Iraq still as Soviet allies.
mwoaaah, ok.The Issue is if the U.S. supplied the Taliban with Weapons, especially Stingers.
With the Soviets long gone, before they emerged in Afghanistan - it is stupid to support that idea.