The documentary on the Afghanistan and Soviet Union war stated that the cause of the war was completely due to the United States and the Soviet Union. Throughout the documentary the enemy was revealed to be the Soviet Union, it was said that the cause of the war was due to their unnecessary intervention, but this opinion cannot fully be relied on because of its bias and because it is in the point of view of the United States.<\/p>\n
The documentary also blames Afghanistan\u2019s current problems with its own people solely on the United States and the Soviet Union; it blames the two countries for providing weapons that were used\u00a0to fight against people of\u00a0their own country. This brings up the question of, what if the United States hadn\u2019t had intervened in this civil war? Would\u2019ve conditions still have been the same or would it have decreased the amount of casualties during and after Soviet Union intervention? What would\u2019ve happened if the U.S. hadn\u2019t encouraged the rebels to continue their cause?<\/p>\n
It\u00a0also mentions that the Soviet Union tried very hard to conceal the events in Afghanistan from its people. The Soviet Union covered up the war by depicting soldiers building schools and not contributing to any type of combat. They also tried very hard to cover up the number of casualties and \u201cinvalids\u201d that returned back from Afghanistan. Why would\u2019ve the Soviet Union tried so hard to do this and why was it so important to cover up the truth?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The documentary on the Afghanistan and Soviet Union war stated that the cause of the war was completely due to the United States and the Soviet Union. Throughout the documentary the enemy was revealed to be the Soviet Union, it … Continue reading