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"Nicky" wrote:

"Chad Irby" wrote :
Except that it didn't.

Oh, Yes they did. You can not neglect the history,

Well, I can *read* it. *You* can neglect it.

Osama bin Laden was "created" by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, and
was trained and funded by Middle Eastern states. The US was backing a
*different* crowd of guerillas in Afghanistan. You know - the ones who
*aren't* running around blowing up innocents around the world.

US trained end equipted directly or indirectly the same people which were
later known as Talibans.

Actually, the folks we backed were the guys the Taliban edged out to get
power after the USSR left. That's why the US didn't have any decent
connections in Afghanistan for 20 years.

During history US put to power (directly or indirectly) lot of
dictators, and trained lot of people who later bacem terrorists. That
is the fat and ther is no argue about it.

Funny how you can't seem to list "a lot" of them. We helped put some
dictators in, but I really can't think of any cases where we trained
folks who became world-class terrorists. The major players - PLO, Red
Brigades, et cetera - were all Soviet proteges.

Yeah, we backed some bad folks. But the thing to remember is that the
USSR was backing *worse* ones during the same time period. We also had
a tendency to train people how to fight wars, while the USSR defaulted
to training them how to commit acts of terror.

It's funny how often people try to blame the bad guys on the US, when
most of them came directly from failed *Soviet* programs and support.

Soviets as also American and their cold war conflict producet lot od
dictators and terrorists.

Look at the list, and get back to us. All of the worst folks around
right now are old Soviet clients.

There's a reason the signature weapons of terrorists are the AK-47 and
the RPG.

AK-47 is cheap, reliable and on the market for 50 years. It is also
produced in lot of countries so it is very easy to get.

Especially when the USSR gives them to you and shows you how to use them.

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