The Carter Doctrine was issued following the Soviet Union's ...

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The Carter Doctrine was issued following the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. Why was the U.S. threatened by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and what did the Carter Doctrine state?

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The Russian region is very complex culturally with its people belonging to about thirty major ethnic groups and speaking over one hundred languages.
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Answer to Question 1

US military analysts feared that the Soviets might use Afghanistan as a launching pad to invade oil-rich Iran. The United States deemed this prospect unacceptable, and President Jimmy Carter issued the foreign policy statement that came to be known as the Carter Doctrine: An attempt by any outside force to gain control of the Persian Gulf region will be regarded as an assault on the vital interests of the United States of America, and such an assault will be repelled by any means necessary, including military force.. Vital interests meant oil, and defending them with military force meant that the United States was willing to go to war with the Soviet Union, presumably nuclear war.

Answer to Question 2

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