Deep state intellectual Zbigniew Brzezinski turns up everywhere but he is perhaps most known for his role in the founding of Operation Cyclone - NATO's program to support the mujahideen in Afghanistan to fight the Soviets. The media coverage, both mainstream and alternative, has focused on misleading interpretations of what happened and when, much of which has been encouraged by Brzezinski himself. I examine this coverage and identify the key questions - when did the arming of the mujahideen begin: before or after the Soviet invasion at the end of 1979 and what role did Brzezinski play in that?
To answer this I go through several documents from both the American and British governments that prove that Brzezinski is lying when he says the arming of the mujahideen did not begin until after the invasion. I also show that he is lying when he says he wrote a memo to Carter describing Afghanistan as the Soviets' Vietnam. Finally I show that The Real News were being misleading when they, at Brzezinski's stimulation, reported that he played no role in the decision to arm the mujahideen with lethal weapons.
Sources
Brzezinski on The Real News
'Outside the System' Memo to Brzezinski from Marshall Brement, December 28th 1979
'Outside System' Memo from Brzezinski to Carter
Record of Special Coordination Committee meeting 17th December 1979 (version 1)
Record of Special Coordination Committee meeting 17th December 1979 (version 2)
Cold War International History Project: Towards an International History of the War in Afghanistan 1979-89
Record of Meeting in Paris on Afghanistan Operations, January 1980
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