WASHINGTON never said a word to protest Daoud's vicious repression, nor lifted a finger to improve social conditions in Afghanistan. But it immediately set out to strangle the gains of the Afghan masses:. Just two revolution, Carter programs to Afghanistan. tried to block loans destined to help develop that country:
Washington's hostile reaction was not limited to economics.
Unable launch intervention because of the deep sentiments of American working. people Vietnam-type war, carry out its operations through intermediaries. In this case it has mainly been through the US dominated military dictatorship in Pakistan. The Pakistani government provides bases for the right-wing guerillas, money to buy arms, military training, and free access across the Afghanistan With this powerful array of international forces ranged against the revolution, the Afghan government turned to the Soviet Union for aid. Money and advisers were provided. looked like the imperialist-backed forces might pull off a bloody Chile-style counter-revolution right on its southern border, Soviet troops care in. So the issue is not Soviet intervention, but a growing US interventionthe gains won by the Afghan masses finally forced the Soviet government to respond. If the Afghan and Soviet forces are successful in defeating the reactionary right-wing offensive, the Afghan people will position to achieve their aspirations.
The Soviet move in Afghanistan has also put a big crimp in Washington's war drive against Iran, making it harder for Carter to drag us into another Vietnam there. It has gained time for the masses in Nicaragua to advance their struggles. with less danger of US intervention. It is a sharp blow to the US rulers' efforts to hold back popular revolutionary upheavals throughout the The real threat to peace and to the interests of American workers and farmers Washington, not Moscow. The real threat is Carter's campaign to aid the right-wing Atghan guerrillas, to beef up the Pakistani dictatorship, to establish military bases in the Middle East and Africa, and to squander more billions on the war Militant (US), 18 January months after the cut off all economic American officials direct military against Washington has sought to When it aimed at taking back - that be in a much better (UnC