Yesterday they were idolized by the U.S. as freedom fighters. Today they are hunted as terrorists.
Corruption, Latest news, World news Sunday, February 27th, 2011President Reagan and Mullah Omar and Taliban Delegation in Oval Office. “These gentlemen are the moral equivalents of America’s founding fathers.” — Ronald Regan declared while introducing the Mujahideen leaders to media on the White house lawns (1985).
The tragedy of Afghanistan continues as the valiant and courageous Afghan freedom fighters (The Taliban) persevere in standing up against the brutal power of the U.S. invasion and occupation. The Afghan people are struggling to reclaim their freedom, which was taken from them when the U.S. invaded Afghanistan in October of 2001.
In this 10 year period the United States has been unable to subjugate Afghanistan. The U.S. and NATO forces are pitted against an extraordinary people who, in their determination to preserve the character of their ancient land, have organized an effective and still spreading country-wide resistance. The resistance of the Afghan freedom fighters is an example to all the world of the invincibility of the ideals we in this country hold most dear, the ideals of freedom and independence.
We must also recognize that the sacrifices required to maintain this resistance are very high. Millions have gone into exile as refugees. We will probably never know the numbers of people killed and maimed, poisoned and gased, of the homes that have been destroyed, and of the lives that have been shattered and stricken with grief.
It is, therefore, incumbent upon us to reflect on the events in Afghanistan, to think about the agony which these brave people bear, and to maintain our condemnation of the continuing U.S. / NATO occupation.
Not too long ago the United States supported the fight of the Afghan people against another invader. The U.S. government even invited members of the Afghan resistance, the mujahideen, to the White House. Under Reagan, U.S. support for the mujahideen evolved into an official U.S. foreign policy, known as the Reagan Doctrine, which included U.S. support for anti-Soviet movements in Afghanistan, Angola, Nicaragua, and elsewhere. Ronald Reagan praised the mujahideen as “freedom fighters”. The United States Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 65, even designated March 21, 1983 as Afghanistan Day
and requested the President issue a proclamation in observance of that day. Reagan did just that.
Now, Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate March 21, 1983 as Afghanistan Day.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-first day of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and seventh. ~ Ronald Reagan
In 1982, Ronald Reagan dedicated the Space Shuttle Columbia to the resistance fighters in Afghanistan. “Just as the Columbia, we think, represents man’s finest aspirations in the field of science and technology so too does the struggle of the Afghan people represent man’s highest aspirations for freedom. I am dedicating, on behalf of the American people, the March 22nd launch of the Columbia to the people of Afghanistan“.
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