Gorby Advises USA to Get the Hell Out of Afghanistan

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[Gorby should know ... but if they ignore him, the US Empire may
disintegrate the same way the USSR did.]

TEHRAN TIMES - October 30, 2001

Gorbachev Advises Bush to Withdraw From Afghanistan

TEHRAN--Mikhail Gorbachev, the last president of the former Soviet
Union, has advised U.S. President, George W. Bush, to withdraw from
Afghanistan as soon as possible.

In an interview with the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, the former
leader said that the U.S. is right in attempting to combat terrorism.
However, he believed that imposing a solution for the Afghan political
crisis would be wrong, and he hoped that the United States wasn't
planning on doing that.

Gorbachev, who is attending a conference on democracy in Madrid,
agreed that issues and agendas are sometimes confused and they might
get even worse, but he added that military action was not the way to
solve the problems. He said that the strikes in Afghanistan must end
soon.

He suggested that a solution should be sought through diplomacy and
political strategies, saying: "In light of my experience in
Afghanistan, I would advise the U.S. to leave the country as soon as
possible."

The Bush Administration should keep in mind that their war is against
terrorism and not Afghan civilians, said the former Soviet leader. He
added that a war in Afghanistan was madness, and that it could
continue for decades.

He believed that the new Afghan government should represent all the
country's ethnic groups.

Gorbachev spoke of the 'balance of power' that was disturbed
following the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. He said that the
world currently lacks equilibrium, and this has resulted in the total
domination of the powerful over the weak.

He suggested that all democratic countries should take part in the
new world order, and that all the ethnic distinctions and cultural
variety in the world should be accepted.

http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=10/30/01&Cat=4&Num=012

 
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