[who_would_fardels_bear]

The article is entitled "Why Communism Dominates in the West" and then goes on to complain about how our arming of the Mujahadeen in Afghanistan led to 9/11.

Islam and Communism may both be bad things, but they are also dire enemies. Has the author heard of Chechnya?

Anyone who thinks that Islam is a secret ploy created by the Commies or vice-versa needs serious psychological counseling.

[lavaroise]

It is not the arming but the disarming of the Afghan population after the Soviets left that caused a vacuum for terrorism of foreign fighters to get in there.

The UN disarmament and the lack of help for General Massood was what precipitated 911 later on, along with Clinton policy of budget cuts and refusing to heed repetitive offers by Sudan to have Bin Laden handed over.

At the same time Clinton voted for the arms embargo in Yougoslavia leading to the massacre of Croates at the hands of Serbs.