Session #100 · 1987–89

Speech #1000016499

Imagine that. Except for the people of Afghanistan it is not a matter of fancy. but it is a matter of daily reality. So brutal is this war against civilians. so great is the suffering. that fully onethird of the Afghan population again by virtually all accounts have been driven into foreign exile such that the Afghan refugees today constitute the largest single body of refugees in the world. The countryside has been destroyed. If the war were to end today. and the most just terms of settlement achieved. the agony of the people of Afghanistan will endure for genera91059 08924 (Pt 5) tions for there is scarcely a family that has not buried a child. or a mother. or a father. or a grandmother. or a grandfather.
Keywords matched
refugees

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
GORDON HUMPHREY
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
NH
Gender
M
Date
1987-03-23
Speech ID
1000016499
Paragraph
#0
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