-- James A. Donald > > US policy was to restore the status quo ante in > > Afghanistan, put things back the way they were before the > > Soviet invasion.
Sarad AV > How does that make things better for 'afghan' people,after > all the bombing done on their home land? Obviously it makes things vastly better, and to those who think the Soviets were progress personified, look at the way the refugees were and are moving. When status quo ante was restored, the refugees came home Much the same story in Nicaragua. The refugees were always going away from the Sandinistas, towards the contras. > > The future of Afghanistan will probably be no less violent > > than it was before the Soviet invasion, but no more violent > > that it was before the Soviet invasion. > Thats the only thing US seems to be doing for afghani people > after all their promises.The US foreign policy is disliked > world wide. The US foreign policy is highly popular in those countries most threatened by the Taliban -- Afghanistan and Uzbekhistan. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG m3BCbcTez7gMAJBd7yGjgbujWjkP967kgrflSJJM 4BtvgmCP/KjctqbJ5y1eHzxxGBFRTBeLGe+iXBMcb