“So what does history say about how successful the U.S. has been in arming rebel opposition movements? On that, we get two views, Michael Pillsbury was assistant undersecretary of defense for policy planning during the Reagan administration. He was responsible for coordinating covert aid to the Afghanistan mujahideen in their fight against the Soviets. He’s now a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and still advises the Defense Department. And Robert Dreyfuss is a journalist and contributing editor at ‘The Nation’ and author of the book ‘Devil’s Game: How the United States Helped Unleash Fundamentalist Islam.'”
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/world/july-dec13/syria2_07-04.html
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