Communism Question

For the more leftist-minded folks:

If the Soviet Union was still around, and the Chinese kept Mao in mind, what would be their official reaction to the War on Terror? I know Communism supports nationalism (to a politically pragmatic degree),

Also what was the general Soviet & Chinese reaction (and the official party line on) to Iran? Iran distanced themselves from both the US and the USSR, and followed radical Islam.
 
China's would probably be more or less the same, perhaps sending their own independent units cross border into Afghanistan and Pakistan to destroy any terrorist groups their.

The USSR may well actually side with the U.S. more than OTL Russia has since it does'nt have the whole prestige/power complex of Russia to get in the way and the Soviets would be even more worried about terrorism, since they would actually border Afghanistan and have a large Muslim population in the area.

As for Iran, well I don't know, I'd be willing to bet that both the US and USSR would have backed an Israeli strike on the Iranian nuclear sites, since the USSR did'nt want other countries to have nukes.
Perhaps, if they become to much of a destabilizing force you might see some sort of pincer strike with the U.S./Israel leveling the Iranian military and then UN peacekeepers sent in and a provisional government set-up.
 
I dont think China's outlook will change much, they'll give more support to Maoist upriseings and will likely have a crapper economy but that’s about it.

The U.S.S.R in particular will want to clamp down hard on any hint of Islamic terrorist and may be in the unique position of having the US supporting them...:eek:
 
While no left-winger... it depend on a whole lot. The biggest question, is Soviet in Afganistan? And Usama in Afganistan?

Let's say the answer to both questions is no. Say he is in Lebanon or Sudan or some other, non-Soviet sphere of influence. I think the Soviet leadership will watch CNN soner or later and I think they will conclude that the Americans are angry and that it would be stupid to stand in the way.
 
Remember that Al Queada viewed the Soviets as the greatest evil. With Bin Laden claiming his greatest achievement being causing the USSR to collapse. We might see 911 in this TL as planes smashing into the Kremlin.
 
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