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EdwardBernays

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11. lol
Sat Jan 9, 2016, 08:46 AM
Jan 2016

I have no idea why you choose to be so ignorant about this stuff...

It's such an American trait, and sadly it's one that's resulted in many thousands of civilian deaths around the world...

I know it's not NICE to have your perceptions challanged, but ... you won't ever learn from your mistakes if you never admit you make mistakes.

Here's and article by Brzezinski, in which he admits to all of what I've said to you. All of the documents about Operation Cyclone are available as well...

Q: And neither do you regret having supported the Islamic [integrisme], having given arms and advice to future terrorists?

Brzezinski: What is most important to the history of the world? The Taliban or the collapse of the Soviet empire? Some stirred-up Moslems or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the cold war?

Q: Some stirred-up Moslems? But it has been said and repeated: Islamic fundamentalism represents a world menace today.

Brzezinski: Nonsense!
It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn’t a global Islam. Look at Islam in a rational manner and without demagoguery or emotion. It is the leading religion of the world with 1.5 billion followers. But what is there in common among Saudi Arabian fundamentalism, moderate Morocco, Pakistan militarism, Egyptian pro-Western or Central Asian secularism? Nothing more than what unites the Christian countries.

How Jimmy Carter and I Started the Mujahideen

http://www.counterpunch.org/1998/01/15/how-jimmy-carter-and-i-started-the-mujahideen/

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