A part of the swap of spys between Russia and the US story is that Russia found out that the US is secretly building 13 bases in Afghanistan aimed at a pre-emptive attack on Russia. See http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/186 ... -paranoia- That may explain why the US now has over 80,000 troops and mercenaries in Afghanistan fighting an estimated less than 100 al Qaeda fighters. Also why Obama recently promoted General David Betray-us as his head Afghan general, the man ex-Green Beret Joe Cortina described as "just another murderous psychopath who belongs in a high security prison and not being in command of US and NATO forces." See http://www.realzionistnews.com/?p=516 At the same time the US has sent several high tech submarines to menace China. See http://www.time.com/time/nation/article ... topstories