Afghanistan was the cause in the late 1980s, Rambo 3 was basically a movie promoting the propaganda. Our policy has been then enemy of our enemy is our friend, but todays friend is tomorrows enemy.Kristatos wrote:It ought to at least give our governments pause for thought before they fund and arm the next batch of "friendly" rebels. But sadly, it won't.Kiwichris wrote: Hindsight is always 20/20. Besides the US was actually aiding the Mujahadeen, trying to make the Soviets "bleed" in Afghanistan like the reds did to them in Vietnam.
Saddam was a monster but the country of Iraq had better military strength and people of faiths were better protected. We propped Iraq up as a foil against Iran who now have major in roads with the leadership in Iraq. Funny thing is Reagan was furious Israel bombed the heck out of the Saddam's nuclear reactor history proved them right and now they are in the position to have to act alone again to stop Iran.
Anyway my point was the "good guys" in the 1980s were the ones the world had to fight next. Bond and lot of other people supported the propaganda, although i think Bond was a head of the curve trying to underplay the adversarial relationship between Russia and the west. Although from the start SPECTRE stood in for the soviet SMERSH.