- 10 Jul 2017 03:39
#14821988
You really wanted to post that PBS source TIG? I quote:
That is more or less why I detest the radical left. They think progress should be enforced by some enlightened elite, no matter the human cost. Of course the same "enlightened elite" once implementing progressive reforms inevitably becomes itself a hindrance to progress.
The Immortal Goon wrote:Oh, it wasn't like that. The Saur Revolution was the big step in Afghanistan.
You really wanted to post that PBS source TIG? I quote:
Soon after their entry into Afghanistan, the Soviets imposed military and social reforms that began to make enemies within different sectors of the indigenous population. They initiated land reforms that troubled tribal leaders. They implemented economic measures that worsened conditions for the poor, and tried to curb ethnic uprisings by mass arrests, torture, executions of dissidents and aerial bombardments, according to a November 2001 Amnesty International report.
According to Amnesty International, some 1 million Afghans died during this period, with more than 8,000 people were executed after being put on trial between 1980 and 1988.
That is more or less why I detest the radical left. They think progress should be enforced by some enlightened elite, no matter the human cost. Of course the same "enlightened elite" once implementing progressive reforms inevitably becomes itself a hindrance to progress.