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Lest we forget, Osama bin Laden was among the mujahideen whom we, in the Reagan decade, were aiding when they were fighting to expel the Red Army from Afghanistan. We sent them Stinger missiles, Spanish mortars, sniper rifles. And they helped drive the Russians out.

Sorry, pal, but this myth, oft repeated, has gotten a life of its own. It was Mossoud, and not OBL we supported during the Afghan War. Mossoud had a CIA agent who laiasoned directly between him and Reagan. Reagan tried to give him everything he needed. That is how all such clandestine ops are run. We don't just throw guns out of heliocopters wily nily. The recipients have to be vetted. I know of no such relationship between the U.S. gov. and OBL.