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The Revolt of the Pawns

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  The Revolt of the Pawns by James Corbett corbettreport.com In early 1980, as the diplomatic fallout from the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan began to play itself out on the grand chessboard, then-US President Jimmy Carter sent his National Security Adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, to Pakistan to rally the  mujahideen  fighters waging  jihad  against the Russian invaders. In the  footage of that incident , Brzezinski can be seen helicoptering to a spot in the Khyber Pass on the Afghanistan border to address the Islamic fighters taking up arms against the Soviets. Assuring the assembled "freedom fighters" that their struggle will succeed, he raises a finger in the air in the direction of Afghanistan, proclaiming: "That land over there is yours. You'll go back to it one day because your fight will prevail. And you'll have your homes and your mosques back again because your cause is right and God is on your side." This was, as we now know, pure manipulative hogwa...