 | Douglas A. Borer - Afghanistan - 1999 - 290 pages
...Furthermore, the situation created a threat to both Iran and Pakistan which had not existed previously. If the Soviets could consolidate their hold on Afghanistan,...to do everything feasible to prevent such a turn of events.'98 In various speeches during 1980 the president and his cabinet members revealed that the... | |
 | Anthony James Joes - History - 2004 - 428 pages
...Japanese oil supplies. "If the Soviets could consolidate their hold on Afghanistan," Carter later wrote, "the balance of power in the entire region would be...they might be tempted toward further aggression." 77 President Carter's response to the invasion was truly multifaceted. He postponed consideration of... | |
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If the Soviets could consolidate their hold on Afghanistan, the balance of power in the entire region would be drastically modified in their favor, and they might be tempted toward further aggression. 