The old Soviet regime were the original funders of the Islamo-terrorists. However, the Soviets made the mistake of invading Afghanistan, and now the Islamofascists are after the Russians now too.
It depends what you mean by "us." Most Americans really don't have a position on these matters. If they were truly informed, few of them would support what clinton did. He had the habit of fighting wars on the wrong side. But Bush is not clinton and clinton is not America, even if we were stupid enough to vote for him twice.