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To: SirRealist who wrote (42467)	9/9/2002 3:22:06 AM
From: FaultLine	Read Replies (4) of 281500

>>What people often forget--or at least try to forget--is that Carter actually served a term as president of the United States, and during that time such fatuity was official American policy. The results included the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the seizure of power in Iran by Islamic lunatics, who invaded the U.S. Embassy and took dozens of Americans hostage, releasing them only after Ronald Reagan had been inaugurated.<< I was fascinated by the interview with Zbignew Brzezinski we read the other day. Remember, he fully admitted we lured the USSR in it's own Vietnam in Afghanistan specifically to weaken the Soviet Empire. When asked if he would like to apologize for all the subsequent chaos and the rise of the Islamists, he replied, "Of course not. It worked perfectly." His point? Which is more important in world history: The Taliban or the fall of the Soviet Empire? A few over-exited Islamists or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the Cold War? -Zbignew Brzezinski --fl@yougetthirtysecondstocomeupwiththerightranswer,startingnow.com :o)

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