stockstradr wrote: Even

[patientlywaiting]

[quote=stockstradr]
Even Brzezinski himself has revealed in published interviews the previously well-kept secret that our tax dollars had sent massive arms and covert CIA operations into Afghanistan BEFORE any Soviet involvement, because it was in part a TRAP for the Soviets to walk into.[/quote]

Very true. I heard him say so in interviews.
http://www.charlierose.com/search?q=Brzezinski&searchTopic=-1&searchFromMonth=MM&searchFromDay=DD&searchFromYear=YY&searchToMonth=MM&searchToDay=DD&searchToYear=YY&searchFilter=Brzezinski&searchType=guest

Also, Ronald Reagan had nothing to do with the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Soviet empire collapsed because oil prices collapsed.

Look at how the rise in oil prices is funding a resurgent Russia.

http://www.wtrg.com/oil_graphs/oilprice1947.gif