Question by skater_m: What is a creative thing I can do for a presesntation on the Russian Invasion of Afghanistan?
I am doing a project on the Russian Invasion of Afghanistan for English class (grade 11) and I need to come up with a creative way to present it. I am in a group with 2 other people. We can basically do anything we want but it has to be creative (try to stay away from bristol boards or boring powerpoints just stating information) ANY ideas appreciated … please !!!
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Answer by John
You can do an act in front of your class, or show an animated movie of the russian advance in afghanistan, that you created.
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Gourdman says
If you really want to blow some minds and ruffle some feathers, start with a giant head of Zeke Brzezinski, National Security Advisor, explaining how he advised Jimmy Carter to authorize a covert CIA action to destabilize Afghanistan and sucker the Soviets into a Vietnam-style conflict. It's a little-known piece of history and a brilliantly cynical example of Realpolitik.
Below is an excerpt from Brzezinki's 1998 interview with the French magazine, Le Nouvel Observateur:
Q: The former director of the CIA, Robert Gates, stated in his memoirs ["From the Shadows"], that American intelligence services began to aid the Mujahadeen in Afghanistan 6 months before the Soviet intervention. In this period you were the national security adviser to President Carter. You therefore played a role in this affair. Is that correct?
Brzezinski: Yes. According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979. But the reality, secretly guarded until now, is completely otherwise: Indeed, it was July 3, 1979 that President Carter signed the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul. And that very day, I wrote a note to the president in which I explained to him that in my opinion this aid was going to induce a Soviet military intervention.
Q: Despite this risk, you were an advocate of this covert action. But perhaps you yourself desired this Soviet entry into war and looked to provoke it?
Brzezinski: It isn't quite that. We didn't push the Russians to intervene, but we knowingly increased the probability that they would.
Q: When the Soviets justified their intervention by asserting that they intended to fight against a secret involvement of the United States in Afghanistan, people didn't believe them. However, there was a basis of truth. You don't regret anything today?
Brzezinski: Regret what? That secret operation was an excellent idea. It had the effect of drawing the Russians into the Afghan trap and you want me to regret it? The day that the Soviets officially crossed the border, I wrote to President Carter: We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war. Indeed, for almost 10 years, Moscow had to carry on a war unsupportable by the government, a conflict that brought about the demoralization and finally the breakup of the Soviet empire.
Complete interview:
http://www.counterpunch.org/1998/01/15/how-jimmy-…