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How could the United States fight Soviet expansionism?
"We must not break faith with those who are risking their lives on every continent from Afghanistan to Nicaragua to defy Soviet-supported aggression... Support for freedom fighters is self-defense."
-- Ronald Reagan, State of the Nation address, February 1985
President Reagan countered Soviet aggression by supporting freedom fighters in Central America, Africa, and elsewhere. The Soviet Union had long dominated Eastern Europe, and its avowed goal was to incite communist revolutions around the world. With Soviet support, Cuba had sent troops, advisers, and agents to Nicaragua, El Salvador, Angola, Mozambique, Ethiopia, and other nations. |