A new generation of US-trained extremists is fighting Russia. Are we prepared for the blowback? - The Grayzone

A new generation of US-trained extremists is fighting Russia. Are we prepared for the blowback? - The Grayzone: US agencies have directly and indirectly trained and empowered Nazis and ultra-nationalists at home and abroad to fight Russians in Ukraine. This program follows the blueprint established by Western intelligence agencies in Afghanistan and Syria. From 1978 (not ’79 as many believe), the administration of Jimmy Carter decided to “draw the Russians into the Afghan trap,” in the words of the President’s National Security Advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski. US intelligence called on its British counterparts to activate networks of Afghan fighters. […]