Brzezinski testimony

[domer]

Brzezinski has formulated a sound program to handle the Middle East problems as they are now cast. The only reservation I have, a nagging concern, is whether he gives enough insulation to the Iraqis for an exaggerated outbreak of violence upon US withdrawal. Yet the diplomatic measures he proposes address that concern but much more importantly address the threat of a spreading regional war. The problem, however, faced by Congress and all of us, is that there is no way to impose a comprehensive program like this on the administration, and a comprehensive, not a piecemeal program is what is needed.

[BT]

Regional strife is what Brzezinski advocated the whole time he was National Security Advisor. What he set in motion has come to pass. The rise of radical islam, the sectarian strife from the balkans to the stans. The fall of the soviet union. And now he wants to play nice?

[domer]

Cites/quotes/excerpts please, specifically as to how Brzezinski championed "regional strife," and why, if he did, it was inimical to Cold War strategy, its setting; and how, beyond the sound policy of supporting the Afghan rebels, he contributed to the rise of radical Islam. To me your attitude and your entire production on this topic make me toy with the notion of preferring an ascendant Iran, for example, than to seeing your ilk in charge of this country ever agaain.