One of the great mistakes was helping to kick out the ussr. We should have been overjoyed and helped to ensure a vodka joint at ever corner.
“One of the great mistakes was helping to kick out the ussr. We should have been overjoyed and helped to ensure a vodka joint at ever corner.”
The super powers were involved in a dangerous and destructive game. Each tried to make trouble wherever they could for the other. No longer term objectives were in mind. It was only Carter insisting the CIA stop paying off the Ayatollah to keep him from returning to Iran, and Carter’s betrayal of the Shah that made the Jihad what it is today. Carter and the following Democrats were anti-American. I’m sure that rather than Anti-American they saw themselves as “pro-global.” But, it’s the same thing.
At the time Reagan was helping the Taliban get established the Jihad really hadn’t gotten going yet. It was only after 911 that the West noticed the Jihad was awake again and that was about a decade down the line. Hindsight is 20/20. And, American politicians don’t even have foresight. Outside American politics the average politician is ignorant and blind. Also, unteachable, as I’m certain the CIA has tried on multiple occasions to raise the alarm.