eagle1462010
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I responded to your question: "Did the CIA put a gun to the USSR to get them to invade (Afghanistan)"
I replied the CIA put thousands of guns in the hands of rabid, right-wing religious fanatics around the world (including some inside the USSR) thereby inciting the Soviets to invade Afghanistan;
Brzezinski Interview | David N. Gibbs
"Brzezinski: Yes. According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahiddin began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan on December 24, 1979.
"But the reality, closely guarded until now, is completely otherwise: Indeed, it was July 3, 1979 that President Carter signed the first directive for secret aid to the opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul. And that very day, I wrote a note to the president in which I explained to him that in my opinion this aid was going to induce a Soviet military intervention [emphasis added throughout]".
I served back in those days..........I don't care about your propoganda,............No one made their asses invade Afghanistan............they wanted it for themselves to put in more pipelines and and take more resources.............As found out it was a mistake..........same as our Vietnam........They supplied weapons to the Viet Cong.........We supplied it to the Afghanistan people .......Some bit us in the ass.................
Such is the Cold War.......Where we fought each other via our weapons all over the world.........And now Putin wants a return to that...........