Sad, very sad but very true.
But, I have seen many articles recently about how we funded Afghanis' resistance to the Soviets and the impression I get from all of these is that the reader is supposed to conclude that since we supported that which we now fight, we should desist in shame.
Some articles aim at that, I know. That's one reason I compiled this from quotes from a Main Player that is still influential, just like Kissinger is.
My main interest was the fact that we've decided that we can't fail to "win" in this. It's a Game to World Politicians that they don't lose chunks of their bodies in.
The comments about Russia/Soviets becoming demoralized and effectively bankrupted as a goal that was achieved should been flashing Red to us. We've had OUR VietNam, do we want another? Only worse.