If
the United States were not a superpower, it would be the joke of the
planet, a nation whose government tells the most outrageous and
ridiculous lies — and may actually believe them — and whose corporate
media report those lies as gospel truth.
The latest whopper comes
from the mouth of James “Mad Dog” Mattis, the U.S. Secretary of
Defense, who claims the Russians are providing weapons to the Taliban,
in Afghanistan. The charge is insane. If there is one major power in the
world that has consistently fought against Islamic jihadists, in
Afghanistan and everywhere else, it is Russia. And, the major power most
responsible for the rise of the Taliban and other jihadist outfits, is
the United States, which teamed with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan to create
the international jihadist network in order to force the Soviets out of
Afghanistan, almost 40 years ago. Despite that history, beginning in
2009, the Russians allowed the U.S. to use Russian airspace to supply
American troops in Afghanistan. It was a vital lifeline for the U.S.
mission in Afghanistan, which could not be adequately supplied through
Pakistan.
