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diffhistTetris15:25+7Carloseowtalkcontribs(Lead wording. Coincidentally, another edit came in just before mine. Feel free to revert this if needed; I just wanted to publish the version I had ready.)
diffhist1980 Summer Olympics boycott11:47−304~2026-57838-09talk(The United States led a boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, held in Moscow, to protest against the Soviet intervention of Afghanistan. More than 60 countries joined the boycott to varying degrees, affecting athletes, fans, and international relations. The absence of so many competitors changed the outcomes of some events, led to alternative competitions, and provoked a retaliatory boycott by the Soviet Union and its of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles)Tags: references removedVisual edit
diffhist1980 Summer Olympics boycott11:45−104~2026-57838-09talk(yes, there was the overthrow of Amin, but the United States also participated in a number of coups in Vietnam, for example, in the coup where Ngo Dinh Diem was overthrown, to some extent this action can be compared with armed US actions in foreign countries, with the only difference being that the USSR de jure did not resort to direct aggression against Afghanistan and forceful confrontation with government troops, as was the case, for example, during the American invasion of Iraq)Tag: Visual edit
diffhist1984 Summer Olympics11:43−53~2026-57838-09talk(I do not agree with such bad terms and views on this conflict as for example,an "invasion and occupation",there was a war in Afghanistan where there was a war of mujahideen against the pro-Soviet government led by the PDPA and the USSR fought on the side of this government against the mujahideen and the USSR sent troops at the request of the PDPA government and no one calls the Vietnam War the American-Vietnam War,well,here it is here it is better not to do this and not be hypocritical as you do)Tags: RevertedVisual edit
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