[gaspar]

The headline contradicts the statement that "We didn't push the Russians to intervene...." I wish someone would ask Brzezinski and Gates why, according to US embassy personnel, there was no CIA presence in Kabul at the time of the Russian invasion in December 1979. Wouldn't it stand to reason that if you were going to play games in Afghanistan you would have someone there to play a hand?

[scannell]

Or just wanted to clear out your people to avoid the fray of the battle.