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http://www.paulcraigroberts.org/2017/01/23/lost-hegemon-reviewed-david-ray-griffin/

The scheme was to destroy the Soviet Union’s economy by luring it into an unwinnable war in Afghanistan. The method for doing this was for Osama bin Laden, working for the CIA, to invite fundamentalist Muslims in Saudi Arabia and other countries to Afghanistan, where the U.S. military would arm and train them (Operation Cyclone). Engdahl believes that the weakening of its economy led to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. 
Now we are doing it to ourselves. Sad, ridiculous. But criticize and one becomes a traitor.