Random Thought

During the Russian quagmire in Afghanistan (the end of which resulted in their humiliating and costly defeat), the US created, armed and trained the Mujahadeen (and Osama bin Laden, but that's another story) to fight against Russia. This episode helped bring down the USSR and end the so-called "Cold War".

Now that the US is stuck in not one but TWO quagmires (in Iraq and Afghanistan), isn't it possible that Russia, China, certainly Iran are funding, arming, training and facilitating the resistance against US objectives (whatever they are), just to keep the US involved in these looong, drawn out, costly conflicts? I think it is not only possible but probable this is happening. And if it is, well than it's not just us against the "terrorists", or the "insurgents", or the Taliban; it's us against the world. I wonder, is this a tactic that can bring down the US? If we as citizens don't start to get actively involved in the process, it can. After all, it helped bring down the USSR.

Get actively involved. Get informed. Forget mad cow, we need to worry about the MAD HERRING!

- Vox