Why Ronald Reagan Won The Iraq War?
Ronald Reagan was elected as president of the United States in 1981. A plan started in 1982, an idea was released to have parts of the CIA to help the Afghans in beating the Soviets in the Iraq war in supplying them with goods and training.
It is known that in 1984 a director of the US CIA wanted Afghans to learn to strike missiles and learn war tactics to fight against the soviets. They wanted to this be a covert operation, they didn't want any other countries to know that the U.S. was helping Iraq.
Reagan wanted to train the Afghans hard because he thought there would be a large soviet response. So Reagan ordered that the Pakistan's train the soviets. The united states were known to hold back from going to war. It turns out that Reagan was supplying what would be the future afghan rebels. …show more content…
He ordered the CIA to supply Iraq's military with many things including of advice, hardware for battle, and intelligent information.
Starting March 1984 he had the CIA send billions of dollars of the military weapon and aid the Afghanistan rebel groups through his time as the president. The United States wanted to make sure that the Afghans won the Iraq war. The United states overall purpose was to have the Afghans drive the soviets out, which was succeeded.
At the time, Reagan didn't realize that all this money, time and weapons were not useful. It turns out, in the end, he was helping the Afghan rebels. Although this made some rebel leaders have great power like Osama bin Laden and Taliban.
In 1985 America decided to have the Afghans to attack the soviets, the Afghans launched missiles across the border into Tajikistan. Also in 1985 President, reagan decides to increase the support to the Afghan rebels so they can completely defeat the
It is known that in 1984 a director of the US CIA wanted Afghans to learn to strike missiles and learn war tactics to fight against the soviets. They wanted to this be a covert operation, they didn't want any other countries to know that the U.S. was helping Iraq.
Reagan wanted to train the Afghans hard because he thought there would be a large soviet response. So Reagan ordered that the Pakistan's train the soviets. The united states were known to hold back from going to war. It turns out that Reagan was supplying what would be the future afghan rebels. …show more content…
He ordered the CIA to supply Iraq's military with many things including of advice, hardware for battle, and intelligent information.
Starting March 1984 he had the CIA send billions of dollars of the military weapon and aid the Afghanistan rebel groups through his time as the president. The United States wanted to make sure that the Afghans won the Iraq war. The United states overall purpose was to have the Afghans drive the soviets out, which was succeeded.
At the time, Reagan didn't realize that all this money, time and weapons were not useful. It turns out, in the end, he was helping the Afghan rebels. Although this made some rebel leaders have great power like Osama bin Laden and Taliban.
In 1985 America decided to have the Afghans to attack the soviets, the Afghans launched missiles across the border into Tajikistan. Also in 1985 President, reagan decides to increase the support to the Afghan rebels so they can completely defeat the