NSA: Has interesting documents from the Reagan Era that show in the context of the Cold War the Reagan Administration turned a blind eye to the build up of Pakistan’s nuclear ambitions. The reason the US sent aid to Pakistan and then the Pakistan Government supported the Afghan insurgents against the USSR in Afghanistan.
Lets Get Real:
At the end of the day folks the USSR had to be thrown out of Afghanistan, it was their Vietnam and helped in the downfall of the USSR. Lets have a counter factual look at history, if Reagan had not supported the Pakistan Government and they had not supported the Afghan rebels we might be looking at different world. The USSR without internal resistance might still be in Afghanistan, thus no blow PR wise to the USSR, or long term costs to its military, also it can be argued that Gorbachev might not have gotten power. The USSR old leadership was looking for a counter to Reagan, thus Gorbachev. Of course this is counter factual, but the dots do add up. In essence folks Eastern Europe might not have gained its freedom, the USSR would still be around, one can see Putin in either system. At the end of the day President Reagan made the right choice, you cant not act based on what might happen decades later, it’s a problem for another POTUS.
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