08-09-2012, 07:52 AM
Putin said:
He is referring to the time in the late 1970s when the Soviet-friendly government of Afghanistan was under attack by Afghani rebels and Soviet troops were sent into Afghanistan to help protect the government. Quite soon Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor to US President Jimmy Carter, whose agenda was to destroy the USSR, saw an opportunity to use this situation to draw in the Soviets and deplete them in a costly war for his purposes. Osama bin Laden was used by the US to train and develop the rebel soldiers and Al Qaeda was born, and the US was surreptitiously involved in the processs of supplying arms and training in military tactics to bring down the Afghani government. The Soviet soldiers spent ten years in fighting in Afghanistan and withdrew eventually in defeat; it was their Vietnam. Brzezinski boasted of his victory to a French news magazine which has been circulated online. An American movie, "Charlie Wilson's War," was made of our involvement in the early days of Al Qaeda, depicting the Texas congressman, as spokesman in Congress for soliciting monies to keep arming the Afghani rebels. The Afghan government was then replaced by the Taliban, and Osama bin Laden kept his headquarters for Al Qaeda in Afhanistan. American troops were sent to Afghanistan to fight at the beginning of the first presidential term of George W. Bush, and Osama bin Laden became our enemy. Even though the FBI had no evidence that he had been responsible for the World Trade Center bombings, as stated in their Wanted Posters offering a reward for the capture of Osama bin Laden, his Al Qaeda was linked to two US embassy bombings in Africa, and to the bombing of the ship USS Cole in Yemen.
Putin is warning the West to not repeat the mistakes of the past.
Adele
Quote:"That was the case during the war in Afghanistan," he added. "At that time, our present partners supported a rebel movement there and basically gave rise to Al Qaeda, which later backfired on the United States itself."
He is referring to the time in the late 1970s when the Soviet-friendly government of Afghanistan was under attack by Afghani rebels and Soviet troops were sent into Afghanistan to help protect the government. Quite soon Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor to US President Jimmy Carter, whose agenda was to destroy the USSR, saw an opportunity to use this situation to draw in the Soviets and deplete them in a costly war for his purposes. Osama bin Laden was used by the US to train and develop the rebel soldiers and Al Qaeda was born, and the US was surreptitiously involved in the processs of supplying arms and training in military tactics to bring down the Afghani government. The Soviet soldiers spent ten years in fighting in Afghanistan and withdrew eventually in defeat; it was their Vietnam. Brzezinski boasted of his victory to a French news magazine which has been circulated online. An American movie, "Charlie Wilson's War," was made of our involvement in the early days of Al Qaeda, depicting the Texas congressman, as spokesman in Congress for soliciting monies to keep arming the Afghani rebels. The Afghan government was then replaced by the Taliban, and Osama bin Laden kept his headquarters for Al Qaeda in Afhanistan. American troops were sent to Afghanistan to fight at the beginning of the first presidential term of George W. Bush, and Osama bin Laden became our enemy. Even though the FBI had no evidence that he had been responsible for the World Trade Center bombings, as stated in their Wanted Posters offering a reward for the capture of Osama bin Laden, his Al Qaeda was linked to two US embassy bombings in Africa, and to the bombing of the ship USS Cole in Yemen.
Putin is warning the West to not repeat the mistakes of the past.
Adele