42 years later: Afghanistan started out as a proxy war against Russia too...
Remember back when Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts made that movie Charlie Wilson's War -- and the next thing we knew Charlie, his Pretty Woman sidekick and their buddy Osama bin Ladin had started an unofficial proxy war with Russia that lasted from 1979 to 1989. And then the Taliban took over Afghanistan -- and then America, Europe and NATO invaded Afghanistan officially in 2001 and didn't retreat until 2021. But what does all this even mean?
It means that America, Europe and NATO ended up getting bogged down in the Afghan quagmire for approximately 42 years. And that this terrible debacle originally started out as merely a proxy war against Russia.
Perhaps all this forlorn history could also mean that America, Europe and NATO's war in Ukraine started out as a proxy war against Russia -- and may also end up getting bogged down in the Ukraine quagmire for another 42 years.
PS: Speaking of quagmires, we just commemorated the 25th anniversary of the World Trade Center bombing -- an event that falsely led to America's tragic, wasteful and stupid invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq.
Two recent 9-11 conferences have honored this tragic moment in American history and also exposed many of the blatant neo-con lies that even now are being constantly drilled into our heads. On September 8, 2026, the annual 9-11 Truth Film Festival returned to the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland, CA -- and a Turning the Tide conference in New York City was held on September 11 itself.
Both of these events focused on all the different ways that we've been lied to about what really happened on September 11, 2001 -- on George W. Bush's watch.
I myself can personally thank GWB for starting my own 26-year writing career. Why? Because he made me so angry when he stole the 2000 election that I became a writer purely out of resentment over his sleazy behavior. And my sweet little 1990 Toyota still sports its 26-year-old "Bush Knew" bumper sticker!
My very first thought when I saw the Twin Towers fall was, "What has Bush done now!" And I still strongly believe that George W. Bush should spend the rest of his lying, traitorous and worthless life in jail.
Resources:
Here is a video of the Turning the Tide NYC presentation. Well worth watching the whole thing. History is finally being re-written correctly! https://turningthetide911.org/turning-the-tide/
Trailer for Charlie Wilson's War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUWXQLIgk8A
Either we demand world peace or else get ready to die in nuclear war: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iO3CprBPNPM
The Funky Nixons say it all. It's a bull [dookie] war: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db-oymwBBRk
I may be paranoid but.... https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/food-supply-alert-ukraine-grain-exports-collapse-black-sea-attacks-choke-global
Japan is in economic crisis. We are probably next. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3dCI-JhnII
The rabid and blood-thirsty Zionist massacre continues in Gaza. Heartbreaking. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uqauI4Rc4I
The Military Summary Channel continues to faithfully report all the carnage and waste of human life in Ukra$ne: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L55qxFrK1JM
Just WATCH these Yemeni soldiers dressed in skirts and T-shirts kick the Saudi mercenaries' booties! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH_nMBMgFdM&list=PLHEvpbppx_4rb9lCZ9fRyQiTc5A7eS9FA
Lt.Col Anthony Aguilar clearly explains how the Saudis have screwed themselves big-time -- with a little help from their friends in DC: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmkUWCtzYaY
And what if AI does become just like us? More wars, more genocide, more Gaza on steroids? https://jeffreystrahl.substack.com/p/newsletter-91626



