Trump's son Don Jr. promotes false smear linking Jamal Khashoggi to Osama bin Laden and terrorism

[gracchus]

And her defense of her cocktail party pals Assad and Kissinger. I’m glad she doesn’t matter anymore.

[the_borderer]

@peregrinus_bis

And we all loved celebrating that state of affairs as we indulged in Rambo III.

[Wanderfound]

@peregrinus_bis

Rambo III.

BTW, a historical note:

The American justification at the time for the 1980’s involvement in Afghanistan was that the USA armed and funded the Mujahideen in order to resist a Soviet invasion. In contrast, the USSR claimed that they sent troops into Afghanistan in response to attacks by US-backed theocratic terrorists.

With hindsight, we now know that the Americans were lying and the Soviets were telling the truth.

http://dgibbs.faculty.arizona.edu/brzezinski_interview

Brzezinski: Yes. According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the Mujahadeen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979. But the reality, secretly 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.

Q: Despite this risk, you were an advocate of this covert action. But perhaps you yourself desired this Soviet entry into war and looked to provoke it?

Brzezinski: It isn’t quite that. We didn’t push the Russians to intervene, but we knowingly increased the probability that they would.

Q: When the Soviets justified their intervention by asserting that they intended to fight against a secret involvement of the United States in Afghanistan, people didn’t believe them. However, there was a basis of truth. You don’t regret anything today?

Brzezinski: Regret what? That secret operation was an excellent idea. It had the effect of drawing the Russians into the Afghan trap and you want me to regret it? The day that the Soviets officially crossed the border, I wrote to President Carter: We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war.

That’s Mika Brzezinski’s dad in that interview, BTW. American power elites are incredibly inbred.

[ficuswhisperer]

@FFabian

After starting a war based on lies and killing hundred thousands and instituting torture camps he is now seen as quirky lovable uncle by the public*

I don’t know about that. He’s largely seen as a terrible president that has parlayed their fame and privilege to do some good and charitable things since leaving office.

Also compared to the dumpster fire that is the Trump era, Bush’s false wars and torture camps practically seem like the good old days.

But we haven’t forgot the things he did or how he was illegitimately elected.

[peregrinus_bis]

@Wanderfound

We didn’t push the Russians to intervene, but we knowingly increased the probability that they would.

Wow. “Thanks to the removal of my soul, I can say things like this without blinking.”

@Wanderfound

Regret what? That secret operation was an excellent idea. It had the effect of drawing the Russians into the Afghan trap and you want me to regret it? The day that the Soviets officially crossed the border, I wrote to President Carter: We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war.

… maybe there was another way. Maybe there was a bigger predicted causality map that means Gorbachev etc.

Thanks for that article - this is amazing, in the truest sense of the word. I’m stunned.

[Wanderfound]

Notice that nowhere in his statement is there any acknowledgement of the impact on the people of Afghanistan.

[peregrinus_bis]

Dogs of War. Nasty.

[Mindysan33]

Indeed! I’ll mention this today in class, and note the order of events with regards to the war.

[Alfred_Packer1]

Sheesh! Why would ANYONE follow this piece of human garbage on Twitter?