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It would be kind of impossible for Brzinsky to oppose terrorism, as he was one of its greatest paymasters during the 20th century. One of those things that's easily verifiable... but largely ignored. Brzinsky boasts in his autobiography that he consciously decided to start an Islamic revolution in the Soviet's backyard... He got president Carter to write the cheque to fund an Islamic uprising in Afghanistan with the specific intent of forcing the USSR to invade. That "cheque" is dated over six months before the Russians DID invade. Once the Russians arrived, further funding and assistance could be relabelled "assistance in resisting the invasion". It was channelled through Pakistan's ISI ("Inter Services Institute", or CIA clone) in a deal where the Pakistanis demanded absolute non interference by outsiders, who weren't even allowed to run agents inside Afghanistan without ISI permission and supervision. Result, the West (and Saudi Arabia) paid the bills... but relied entirely upon the Pakistanis for progress reports. And (unsurprisingly!) Pakistan portrayed itself as doing a fantastic job, whereas they were largely using foreign money to further their own interests. This combination of arrogance and incompetence has long been the hallmark of American foreign policy. They just don't play chess (which is a lengthy game where the players take it in turns to move, and "victory" isn't defined by how many pieces you've taken, but by a definitive checkmate.) Short-termism rules, and long term unintended consequences (known in the trade as "Blowback") are dismissed as "not our fault".[/b]