Question

What perspective did the United States hold about its role in the world in regards to the Soviet Union’s war in Afghanistan?

Answer 1

Americans believed that a global boycott of the 1980 Olympic games was needed.

Step-by-step explanation:

Many western governments believed that boycotting the 1980 Summer Olympics, which were to be held in Moscow, would be the best way to protest the Soviet invasion. The hope was that the boycott would convince the Soviets to pull out of Afghanistan.

Answer 2

The Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan and the U.S. Response, 1978–1980. At the end of December 1979, the Soviet Union sent thousands of troops into Afghanistan and immediately assumed complete military and political control of Kabul and large portions of the country.

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