Reflections on Afghanistan: The Soviet Intervention (1979-1989)
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Breht O'Shea
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🗓️ 20 January 2022
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| 0:00.0 | So like we talked about in our last talk, |
| 0:02.9 | there was textbooks being flown in from University of Nebraska |
| 0:08.0 | at Omaha and being dropped off in KPK, |
| 0:11.2 | which is what we call hyperplacidine wall in a shortened way. |
| 0:14.8 | And they were being dropped off in teaching five-year-old kids |
| 0:17.8 | that the alphabet threw arms like a gemis for jihad |
| 0:27.4 | and how many grenades does it take to kill 10 coffin |
| 0:32.2 | as non-Muslims? |
| 0:33.2 | Like they were completely eradicating these kids' mind |
| 0:36.4 | and these kids were so oppressed that they believed it. |
| 0:39.8 | And that is who became the Taliban. |
| 0:43.6 | And I think it's incredibly ironic right now |
| 0:47.0 | that there is so much of the Muslim world is so aligned |
| 0:51.2 | with all this and they think it's some kind of anti-American |
| 0:53.8 | imperialism. The Taliban were created by American |
| 0:57.4 | are just a perfect example of American imperialism. |
| 1:01.4 | And it's not some radical movement. |
| 1:05.8 | They were actually, they are just the dogs of the US |
| 1:10.2 | and Pakistan. |
| 1:11.6 | And what is important of this is to create, |
| 1:15.2 | what is the reason besides this besides, |
| 1:17.4 | you know, the Soviet Union collapsing |
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