CIA aid to Afghan mujahideen predated the Soviet invasion by six months

Evidence

According to the official version of history, CIA aid to the mujahideen began during 1980, that is to say, after the Soviet army invaded Afghanistan [in] December 1979. But the reality, secretly guarded until now, is completely otherwise: indeed, it was July 3, 1979, that President Carter signed the first directive for secret aid to opponents of the pro-Soviet regime in Kabul. And that very day, I wrote a note to the president in which I explained to him that in my opinion this was going to induce a Soviet military intervention… . The day that the Soviets officially crossed the border, I wrote to President Carter: We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam War. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 249

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s guiding thesis that US foreign-policy myths are constructed narratives — this directly overturns the official timeline and posits provocation as deliberate strategy. — connects to: The rescue narrative about Afghan women erased US complicity in Taliban empowerment; US Cold War aid armed the extremist groups that later became the Taliban — , Selod, Saher - Forever Suspect_…, 46; CIA-trained Afghan mujahideen produced the terrorist attacks against America — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 269

Broader Connections

• CIA-trained Afghan mujahideen produced the terrorist attacks against America #expands (0.50) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 269