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One Has To Be Willing To Face The Fact That What Has Transpired In Iraq Is Not Exactly A Very Successful Exercise.

Because You Can't Intervene Everywhere, You Don't Conclude You Can't Intervene Anywhere.

That [american Exceptionalism] Is A Reaction To The Inability Of People To Understand Global Complexity Or Important Issues Like American Energy Dependency. Therefore, They Search For Simplistic Sources Of Comfort And Clarity. And The People That They Are Now Selecting To Be, So To Speak, The Spokespersons Of Their Anxieties Are, In Most Cases, Stunningly Ignorant.

It's Perfectly Natural To Desire More Troops When Engaged In A Military Operation Facing Serious Obstacles, And The More Troops You Have, Probably, The [lower The] Risk Of Causalities.

According To The Official Version Of History, Cia Aid To The Mujahideen 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.