There Are Major Disappointments With The Outcomes

According To The Official Version Of History, Cia Aid To The Mujahideen Began During 1980, That Is To Say, After The Soviet Army Invaded Afghanistan, 24 Dec 1979. But The Reality, Secretly Guarded Until Now, Is Completely Otherwise. Indeed, It Was July 3, 1979 That President Carter Signed The First Directive For Secret Aid To The Opponents Of The Pro-soviet Regime In Kabul. And That Very Day, I Wrote A Note To The President In Which I Explained To Him That In My Opinion This Aid Was Going To Induce A Soviet Military Intervention.

Global Stability - Economic As Well As Political - Is At Risk.

We Have Actually Experienced In Recent Months A Dramatic Demonstration Of An Unprecedented Intelligence Failure, Perhaps The Most Significant Intelligence Failure In The History Of The United States.

I Think The Us Has The Right To Have Its Own National Security Policy. I Think Most Americans Would Agree With That. And Therefore Clarity On This Issue Is Important And Especially If We Commit Ourselves, Explicitly And Bindingly, To Israel's Security.

There Is An Element Of Paranoia In This Inclination To View Any Serious Attempt At A Compromised Peace As Somehow Directed Against Israel.