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The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. Afghanistan, Islam and the Soviet Dilemma. Afghanistan • Independent • Pro-Soviet • Unstable • Islamic • Contagious. Soviet Backed Regime • Secular • Authoritarian • Unpopular. Enter the Mujahideen • Islamic • Jihadist • Popular.

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The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

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  1. The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan

  2. Afghanistan, Islam and the Soviet Dilemma

  3. Afghanistan • Independent • Pro-Soviet • Unstable • Islamic • Contagious

  4. Soviet Backed Regime • Secular • Authoritarian • Unpopular Enter the Mujahideen • Islamic • Jihadist • Popular

  5. Afghanistan, Oil and the U.S. Dilemma

  6. USSR to Afghanistan

  7. Afghanistan to Iran

  8. Iran to the Oil

  9. 1978: National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski convinces Carter to back the anti-Soviet Mujahideen Rebels. Arms shipments begin.

  10. December 24, 1979: The U.S.S.R. Invades Afghanistan

  11. Carter Responds The Carter Doctrine “Any attempt by outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States of America, and, as such, will be repelled by any means necessary.”

  12. Sanctions • Embargo on grain & technology • Olympic Boycott • SALT II Treaty withdrawn • Increased support for Mujahideen • Cuts in domestic spending; increases in defense spending • Draft Registration • Presidential Directive 59: Make plans for nuclear war.

  13. Enter Pakistan • Human Rights? • Nukes? • No problem! Carter with Zia and Brzezinski

  14. ACCES

  15. Enter Saudi Arabia • Human rights? • Jihadists? • No problem! Carter with Saudi King Kalid

  16. M O N E Y

  17. Enter Israel and Egypt…

  18. Egypt provides Soviet arms…. Israel is the conduit…. Now all we need are the soldiers….

  19. Oops…. Remember the Nixon Doctrine?

  20. The Call Goes Out!

  21. Who will help the United States fight the COLD WAR in Afghanistan? Anyone……? Anyone…….?

  22. Let’s Try That Again…

  23. Who will help the United States fight a HOLY WAR in Afghanistan?

  24. 35,000 Jihadists from 40 different countries volunteer…..

  25. One is Osama bin Laden

  26. Another is Sheikh Omar Abdul-Rahman

  27. Who will mastermind the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1993

  28. Who will train the soldiers? Pakistan! Where? In Madrassahs! What will they learn? How to fight the Infidel!

  29. But, America LOVES the “freedom fighters!”

  30. Rambo III And Hollywood loves what America loves…

  31. And we all love to win…

  32. Soviets departing Afghanistan, 1989

  33. …Leaving Afghanistan in chaos… As the Mujahideen fight among themselves, the U.S. withdraws support from the region

  34. Enter the Taliban! • Trained in Pakistan • Islamic Extremists • Jihadists • Who have never known life without war

  35. Who are SOmuch better than the Soviets!

  36. .

  37. BamiyanBuddah, before and after.

  38. So how’d that all work out in the end, then?

  39. But We Won the Cold War!!!!

  40. And Osama Stayed in Afghanistan And Made Plans for The Future….

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