Commander-in-Chief Reagan issues Proclamation 4908, designating March 21 (the first day of spring and the Afghan New Year) as “Afghanistan Day,” and dedicating the upcoming launch of the space shuttle Columbia to the Sunni (legacy of Mohammed) Moslem Mujahideen guerillas fighting the Red Army in the Soviet-Afghan War.
Postscript: Two decades later the Christian, capitalist United states replaced the atheist, communist Soviet Union as the oppressor of the Afghan people.
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Remarks on Signing the Afghanistan Day Proclamation | The American Presidency Project
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Proclamation 4908 – Afghanistan Day
www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=42249&st=Day&st1=Afghanistan#axzz1uQjm8BEZ
Ronald Reagan From FreeThoughtPedia
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