foreign policy. You saw that in the case of the socialist government in Afghanistan in 1979. The US, the CIA, made common cause with Osama bin Laden. They were the ones that funded the Mujahedeen. They were the ones who created these networks. They did the same in Yugoslavia when they wanted to bring down the Yugoslav government. They did largely the same thing in the case of Iraq. And then eventually, the US having cynically manipulated and used forces, is unprepared when these same forces follow their own political or religious agenda. But of course that's the script we've seen played over and over again by the United States. Comments 2012 / 09 / 25 Mike Corbeil says: Very good interview. Brian Becker expresses himself very well and I can't disagree with him about not wanting to use the term "blowback" for what's really going on with the outrage in the Muslim world. 2012 / 09 / 26 garys says: No mention of Israel--how can the interview be taken seriously--when Israel controls US foreign policy? 2012 / 09 / 28 Alan Cameron says: It goes back far more than 10 years. What about the removal of a democratically elected government in Iran in the early 1950's, the treaty between the English and Arabs to destroy the Ottoman Empire and the French and English splitting the country between them after success. I suspect the Islamic people also remember why the "crusades" took place. THe focus may be more on America