And the US' support of UA will be harder for the mass media to memory-hole, as compared to the US relationship with the Mujahideen. It's more than a few film dedications, Columbia launches, or State of the Union mentions at this point.
I don't put it past them to try rerunning the exact same strategy, especially if Trump gets in and poses enough of a threat to blow the whole thing because he's not on the same page and has brain rot.
I'd imagine that embroiling the Soviet-Afghan conflict didn't have as much riding on it though, going in, probably most of the subsequent security crises and ultimate invasion and occupation were somewhat organic opportunities for TPTB. But it's a playbook that Wall St. & CIA have run multiple times since, so I'd imagine the intention with Ukraine is similar.
Yep, as you found.
And the US' support of UA will be harder for the mass media to memory-hole, as compared to the US relationship with the Mujahideen. It's more than a few film dedications, Columbia launches, or State of the Union mentions at this point.
I don't put it past them to try rerunning the exact same strategy, especially if Trump gets in and poses enough of a threat to blow the whole thing because he's not on the same page and has brain rot.
I'd imagine that embroiling the Soviet-Afghan conflict didn't have as much riding on it though, going in, probably most of the subsequent security crises and ultimate invasion and occupation were somewhat organic opportunities for TPTB. But it's a playbook that Wall St. & CIA have run multiple times since, so I'd imagine the intention with Ukraine is similar.