[rmlew]

The most foolish policy was to arm Osama bin Laden. Don’t give me the line about fighting Soviets because (a) it is insulting to the soldiers when you claim that American soldiers are all incompetent and so we need to go seek the help of some camel rider to save us, (b) it is still immoral to support Taliban and the terrorists and arm them, and (c) you imply that 9/11 attacks were justified because it was some sort of collateral damage that occurred as a result of fighting the Soviets.
Don't talk about foolish policies until you know basic facts. The Taliban did not exist until 1991, 3 years after the Soviets left Afghanistan. The US did not ever fund or arm Osama Bin Laden. Bin Laden took over Maktab al-Khidamat, which was an Arab organization funded by Gulf State Arabs like its former money man, OBL. The US funded native Afghans.

[cunning_fish]

>>>>>>>>>Don’t talk about foolish policies until you know basic facts. The Taliban did not exist until 1991, 3 years after the Soviets left Afghanistan. The US did not ever fund or arm Osama Bin Laden. Bin Laden took over Maktab al-Khidamat, which was an Arab organization funded by Gulf State Arabs like its former money man, OBL. The US funded native Afghans.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

You can call them Taliban or not it won’t change.

Afghan rebels were that same nasty people.

They fought ‘Perchami’ and Russians not because of distinguished freedom loving but because they removed rags from womens’ faces and sent girls to colleges.

Nation, freedom, liberty weren’t behind resistance for 99% fighters.

[ravager]

“The US did not ever fund or arm Osama Bin Laden. ......The US funded native Afghans.”

US funded the Pakistan government and ISI. And the ISI funded whatever side they wanted to fund in Afghanistan.

[JimWayne]

I am not claiming that the Taliban existed before 1991. I am familiar with the timeline and history of the area. I just grouped them together in one point to say that it is immoral to support terrorists for whatever reason.

No matter how you spin it, that was an insult to the troops as well as an immoral act.