U.S., NATO Poised For Most Massive War In Afghanistan’s History

Over the past week U.S. newspapers and television networks have been abuzz with reports that Washington and its NATO allies are planning an unprecedented increase of troops for the war in Afghanistan, even in addition to the 17,000 new American and several thousand NATO forces that have been committed to the war so far this year.

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The number, based on as yet unsubstantiated reports of what U.S. and NATO commander Stanley McChrystal and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen have demanded of the White House, range from 10,000 to 45,000.

The Pentagon and the CIA worked hand-in-glove with Pakistan’s ISI from 1979 onward to subvert successive governments in Afghanistan. Photo: Zbigniew Brzezinski with Afghan “freedom fighter” in the late 1980s.

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