"It was the Soviet Empire – not British Empire – that was responsible for the instability in the Middle East. In fairness, the modern history of a country like Iraq begins not from getting its independence from the British, but from losing its independence to the Soviets. All major conflicts in the region were caused by the Soviet expansion. The Cold War was not a rivalry between two superpowers, but a ruthless crusade of communist hordes against dwindling oases of freedom (...). The „Palestinian problem“ was largely created artificially as a weapon in this war against Israel and, even more so, as a weapon in the global war against the West. The international terrorism, too, was created by the Soviets as a Cold War weapon. The Islamist version only emerged much later. Furthermore, the Islamist threat is also a by-product of the Cold War. Islamists could have never become a serious global force were they not supported by Socialists. Gorbachev was not a democratic reformer, he was not pro-Western, and he did not end the Cold War." - Pavel Stroilov, "Behind the Desert Storm" S.17
Posted on: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 21:49:53 +0000
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