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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWSJ Blasts Trump's Soviet-Afghan War Account: 'Cannot Recall a More Absurd Misstatement of History'
by Ken Meyer | Jan 4th, 2019, 9:44 am
The Wall Street Journals editorial board is slamming President Trump for saying the Soviet Union was justified when they invaded Afghanistan in 1979.
When Trump held his rambling 90 minute press spray at the White House earlier this week, he mischaracterized the Soviet-Afghan War by saying the Russians invaded in an effort to fight terrorism. Typically, historians look back on the war and say it actually happened because the Soviets were trying to hold a fellow communist government together before it collapsed from civil war and gave a America a chance to take greater action in the region.
Russia used to be the Soviet Union. Afghanistan made it Russia because they went bankrupt fighting in Afghanistan, Trump said. But Russia should be fighting. The reason Russia was in, in Afghanistan was because terrorists were going into Russia. They were right to be there. The problem is it was a tough fight.
The WSJ editorial board took notice of Trumps comments, and they started their response by blasting his dismissiveness towards U.S. allies who send troops to help American forces in their military endeavors.
This mockery is a slander against every ally that has supported the U.S. effort in Afghanistan with troops who fought and often died, the piece says. The United Kingdom has had more than 450 killed fighting in Afghanistan.
The piece goes on to slam Trumps utterly false narrative about the war by lining out its history and elaborating on how the Soviets tried to justify their invasion.
We cannot recall a more absurd misstatement of history by an American President
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was a defining event in the Cold War, making clear to all serious people the reality of the communist Kremlins threat. Mr. Trumps cracked history cant alter that reality.
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WSJ Blasts Trump's Soviet-Afghan War Account: 'Cannot Recall a More Absurd Misstatement of History' (Original Post)
DonViejo
Jan 2019
OP
One of the better calling outs of the "President's" lapses of historical knowlege.
marble falls
Jan 2019
#2
Gothmog
(145,359 posts)1. When a republican loses the WSJ, they are in trouble
marble falls
(57,116 posts)2. One of the better calling outs of the "President's" lapses of historical knowlege.
Eyeball_Kid
(7,432 posts)3. It's the product of those daily phone calls with Putin.
Putin is "educating" Trumpy on Russian history, Putin-style. Of course, that means that Putin is lying to Trumpy, and Trumpy doesn't know it.
jcgoldie
(11,631 posts)4. But but... Putin said so...
... and "he was very strong and forceful"... so...
highplainsdem
(49,006 posts)5. K&R! Off to the greatest page...
Gothmog
(145,359 posts)6. From Prof. Tribe