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9/11 documentary
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Posted 6 years ago
Makes you think
Posted 6 years agoWell I’ll be… last time I use Rambo to try and lighten the mood.
It’s a reasonable misunderstanding though, since:
Until the mid-1980s, the CIA avoided transferring American-made weapons to the Afghans, preferring instead to use Warsaw Pact weapons to match what was captured by the Mujahideen on the battlefield from Soviet troops. In addition, weapons were procured from Egypt, China, Poland, and on the international black market. The global operation to acquire weapons was so extensive that “by late 1986 there were so many agencies spending and distributing so many hundreds of millions dollars for so many countries that no agency could keep track of it all.”
(On a side note, can’t help but wonder how many of those weapons went on to contribute to the efforts of Al-Qaeda, in much the same way that many of the stingers ended up in the hands of the Taliban)
Couple that with the fact that as I’ve already stated, authorisation for provision of Stinger missiles to the Mujahideen wasn’t provided until March 1986:
For several months, conservative groups had harshly criticized John N. McMahon, who was Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, on the ground that he was blocking efforts to send Stingers to the guerrillas. In early March 1986, Mr. Reagan approved delivery of such missiles.
Overall though, on this small point I concede, though I’m still baffled why Reagan would blow the cover when they’d gone to such trouble:
For five years, American officials provided the guerrillas with weapons designed and manufactured by the Soviet Union or other East Bloc countries so they could deny that the United States was supplying such assistance.
Regardless, CIA funding of endeavours involving Osama Bin Laden is troubling…
Posted 6 years agoLet’s go back to the source…
One striking coincidence which gives a degree of concern is Frank Carlucci being deputy director of the CIA at the Genesis of Operation Cyclone.
That’s the same Frank Carlucci who was Chairman of the Carlyle Group from 1992-2003.
The very same Carlyle Group who had extensive business ties with the Bin Laden Group (whose bulldozers Osama Bin Laden used to build the Tora Bora stronghold with CIA funding)
Bear in mind that the Carlyle Group’s presence in Saudi Arabia came about as a result of a member of the Royal Family who has been implicated in funding and supporting Al-Qaeda.
Posted 6 years agoIf so, I’ll happily take the lead 😉
Always outnumbered, never outgunned etc…
Anyhoo back to facts…
It was vote winner for Reagan in fact.
Debatable whether that had a big influence on the result (Brian Crozier and his cronies are as likely to have played a role in the election results, much like Robert Mercer in the case of Trump) but regardless, if it was indeed a vote winner, it was one which spawned a terrorist network, supported by the Saudi Ambassador.
Which resulted in an attack that could’ve been prevented.
A New Yorker article in 2006 described Soufan as coming closer than anyone to preventing the September 11 attacks, even implying that he would have succeeded had the CIA been willing to share information with him.
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