Ronald Reagan: “The Soviet occupation of Afghanistan is most certainly a dreadful…”

On the recordNovember 3, 1987

The Soviet occupation of Afghanistan is most certainly a dreadful quagmire.

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Republican · California

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Address to the People of Western Europe on Soviet-United States Relations

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Ronald Reagan: “The Soviet occupation of Afghanistan is most certainly a dreadful quagmire.”