Sent to you by Sean McBride via Google Reader: Brzezinski: Surge In Afghanistan Risky, Some McCain Backers Want World War IV via CRIMES AND CORRUPTIONS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWS on 7/25/08 I don't believe the guy for one minute.
Seth Colter Walls [EMAIL PROTECTED] | HuffPost Reporting From DC July 25, 2008 02:10 PM Read More: Afghan Poppy Crop, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Chuck Hagel, Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Richard Lugar, Rudy Giuliani, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Politics News All of a sudden, everyone seems to be in favor of sending more troops to Afghanistan. As Barack Obama encourages Europeans to dispatch more NATO forces and John McCain says that U.S. troops could be sent in greater numbers, the idea that a bigger military footprint is needed has become something of a consensus in the political mainstream. But Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski is not on board -- though it's not the first time President Jimmy Carter's national security adviser has cast a skeptic's eye on the usefulness of dispatching great numbers of troops to the country. In an famous 1998 interview with France's Le Nouvel Observateur, Brzezinski admitted his own role in funding Afghanistan's Mujahadeen in 1979, thereby "increasing the probability" that the Soviets would invade a tough, demoralizing, mountainous theater for combat. And it's with a similar perspective that Brzezinski now doubts the that the answer to what ails Afghanistan is more troops. "I think we're literally running the risk of unintentionally doing what the Russians did. And that, if it happens, would be a tragedy," Brzezinski told the Huffington Post on Friday. "When we first went into Afghanistan to overthrow the Taliban, we were actually welcomed by an overwhelming majority of Afghans. They did not see us as invaders, as they saw the Soviets." --MORE-- Things you can do from here: - Subscribe to CRIMES AND CORRUPTIONS OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER NEWS using Google Reader - Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites
