The Lie Behind the Afghan War
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 28/06/2011 - 7:28pmRobert Parry
In Official Washington, there’s one “fact” about the Afghan War that nearly everyone “knows”: In February 1989, after the Soviet army left Afghanistan, the United States walked away from the war-torn country, creating a vacuum that led to the rise of the Taliban and its readiness to host Al-Qaeda’s anti-American terrorists.