I don't understand why everyone is blaming Zbigniew Brzezinski for the rise of Al Qaeda. He was not the president at that time. It was Jimmy Carter, the president then, who approved the plan to provide Al Qaeda with US-made weapons.
The "president" is only a marionette guy whos responsibility is to flatter the populace by talkning nonsence that sounds good.
It is the deep state that decides plans and what to do. "Zbig" came up with the idea to support the taliban to create a "Vietnam" for the Sovjet union.
This guy is a top of human intelligence and strategical thinking the so called "presidents" do not come close.