Session #98 · 1983–85

Speech #980273522

The Afghan people are struggling against a brutal occupation by. the worlds most powerful land army. In 1983. Soviet troop strength in Afghanistan reached an all time high. and the firepower of hundreds of helicopter gunships has devastated one valley after another. The result has been tens of thousands of casualties and more than 3 million people leaving the country as refugees. Yet the freedom fighters. in an heroic lopsided struggle. have held on and even repulsed Soviet offensives in the province of Paktia and In the PanJshire Valley. It is time that the United States show the people of Afghanistan that the U.S.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
BRUCE MORRISON
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
CT
Gender
M
Date
1984-10-05
Speech ID
980273522
Paragraph
#0
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