Speech #980009752

Speaker. it is interesting that many of the same people who condemn the United States for trying to stop the spread of communism throughout the world continue to ignore the growing list of the Soviet Unions violations of human rights in countries such as Afghanistan. The Wall Street Journal yesterday reported another gross violation of human rights by the Soviets in an article detailing the vicious Soviet artillery campaign against Afghan villages. the slaughter of innocent women and children and the looting and destruction of private homes. These Soviet actions force Afghan people to flee their homeland and become refugees in neighboring countries. This is the kind of disregard for human life the United States is trying to avoid by checking the growth of communism in the world. Unfortunately. our battle against expansion of Communist influence continues to be portrayed as an infringement of rights by many who choose to ignore the violation of the rights of victims of Soviet aggression.