The Cold War and Beyond

The Cold War and beyond: The US government created their own enemies.

After reading about a little bit about the Cold War, the red army, the Soviet Union, the Soviet war in Afghanistan (December 1979 – February 1989) and the involvement of the US government and the CIA, it got me wondering, how deep does this conflict go. It seems to me that this war on terror is more of a clean up of a collection of bad decisions of the last few decades. We seem to have woken up to a world where we need to fight wars and kill 'bag guys' so we can feel safer in our own backyards as we work hard to archive our dreams and as we struggle to pay off our bills and so on.

Some interesting links:

Soviet war in Afghanistan:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_war_in_Afghanistan

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7883532.stm

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/1499983/Soviet-invasion-of-Afghanistan

http://youtu.be/hZBHk_19Dwk

Wars in Peace: Afghanistan:

http://youtu.be/MJOBq827SH0

http://youtu.be/K4cbJZ__Zwg

http://youtu.be/J5cFW0qi-8E

http://youtu.be/WZB-QfxANB0

Mujahideen:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujahideen

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/396634/mujahideen

Cold War:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/cold%20war%20chronology.htm

http://www.historyguide.org/europe/lecture14.html

The Cold War: Part 1 - "From World War to Cold War"

http://youtu.be/HpYCplyBknI

The Cold War: Part 2 - "Containment" (1945 - 1949)

http://youtu.be/KAngetJA4Jc

The Cold War: Part 3 - "Red Star Rising"

http://youtu.be/R6iV-ywxgWA

The Cold War: Part 4 - "Reds Under the Bed"

http://youtu.be/TnNGQwbxcHs

http://youtu.be/3_swO7Z2Vso

The Cold War: Part 5 - “Confrontation or Peaceful Coexistence”

http://youtu.be/E3nSNW8Arz8

http://youtu.be/RPiGiiI57dY

The Cold War: Part 6 - “Cracks in the Curtain”

http://youtu.be/3HtXIDMzOaA

The Cold War: Part 7 -“Third World Wars”

http://youtu.be/3EG99KxEkgE

The Cold War: Part 8 - “Kennedy and Crises”

http://youtu.be/I9_vef2hcnc

The Cold War: Part 9 - “Detente”

http://youtu.be/FAhDQxPHvP0

The Cold War: Part 10 - “The Evil Empire”

http://youtu.be/irCp9kiLHuI

http://youtu.be/fVjY7TSRtGw

The Cold War: Part 11 - “The Wall”

http://youtu.be/Tgnm1TBZdV4

Zbigniew Brzezinski:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zbigniew_Brzezinski

http://dangeroustravel.blogspot.com/2008/01/defeated-by-his-success.html

Operation Cyclone:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Cyclone

http://www.historycommons.org/context.jsp?item=a86operationcyclone

CIA & Taliban:

http://www.rawa.org/cia-talib.htm

http://www.sabrang.com/cc/archive/2001/oct01/cover6.htm