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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: tejek who wrote (152739)10/2/2002 6:24:36 PM
From: Joe NYC  Read Replies (2) of 1586549
 
Ted,

I have a hard time buying that argument. First, since Afghanistan is land locked, they would have had to conquer both Afghanistan and Pakistan to get to the Indian Ocean. I can't imagine the world sitting back and watching both countries go under the USSR flag.

This go back to your lack of understanding history. It is the fact that the world went slowly under the USSF flag from 1945 to 1980. Then someone started the reversal. But you are in a denial about this part of history.

Secondly, through the Black Sea, they did have access to the Mediterranean and then onto the Suez Canal and the Indian Ocean. I find it hard to believe that for a few extra hours off their travel time they fought a war for Afghanistan for almost 15 years.

In an event of conflict, Turkey with support of NATO would close down the Black See access. And Egypt would do the same.

Joe
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