موقف مصر من الغزو السوفيتي لأفغانستان (كانون الأول 1979-تشرين الأول 1981م)‎ : دراسة تاريخية

Abstract EN

he United States of America and the Soviet Union tried to use the conflict between them during the Cold War to serve their national interests by mov- ing each side's allies against the Other throughout that war that lasted about four decades.

Concerning that, and after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979, the United States Of America rushed to rally its political and military plans to thwart that invasion by supporting the Afghan Islamic resistance movements against that invasion, so that it would not be at the precedence Of the conflict through the help Of its allies from the countries.

TO ensure that these countries are in the precedence as a major supporter Of the Afghan resistance movements, and portrayed the conflict as an ideo- logical struggle between Islam and the infidelity represented by communism to ensure the perpetuation Of the conflict, and to achieve its plan to deplete the Soviet armed forces in a long-term conflict, and Zbigniew Brzezinski, the United States National Security Adviser at that time had the most prominent role in adopting of that policy, which was called (striking below the belt), Egypt became a fundamental pillar of the United States strategy in thwarting that invasion as a goal.

In return, Egypt tried to invest its attitude by modernizing its military establishment, equipping it with American weapons, and getting rid Of the worn out Soviet weapons.

In addition, the Ewptian government strives to invest that war to pol- iSh its image and purify the political atmosphere with the Arab and Islamic countries as well as the Egyptian people, as the Egy•ptian government was suffering from semi-isolation on all of these levels following its signing Of the peace agreement with the Zionist entity in 1979.