I read that list of Pitt's, and frankly, he's about as ****ed in the head regarding history as he is in predicting Cheney and Rumsfeld's imminent arrests.
I'd love to discuss each one, but it takes time and effort to counter that level of teh dum, and I just don't give a shit. Suffice to say that in brief, Carter basically hung the Shah out to dry (read up on Black Sunday), the French and Russians armed and supported Hussein, not the US, the mujahedeen had ****-all to do with the rise of the Taliban (right, ISI?), and which missiles were used on the Marine Barracks in Beirut again?
Pitt is a ****ing retard.
Bank on it!