we kinda shot ourselves on the foot!!!

[digme1]

How many realize that Bin Laden, was trained and supplied arms by the US while being under the Mujahadeen gurella fighers? How Ironic!!!! This even makes it nasty bitter for me to think about the event itself

 

[glen]

I think most people have known this for years.
We also armed Iraq.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

yeah, common knowlegde. Also, Fidel Castro and plenty others i am sure.

we would probably even do it again with someone else in Afganistan IF we could find someone that would go after bin Ladin.

 

[rickn]

doesnt really matter what we supplied Iraq, most of it is old and broke down. You can't keep tanks and planes running without parts. Almost all of the equipment they had that is functional was Russian. Iran has a lot of the Iraqi Airforce planes. During gulf war Iraq asked Iran if they could park their planes there for safe keeping, Iran won't give them back. Tough luck

 

[IcemanJer]

heck, the US even armed the Taliband <sp?> during the Cold War just cuz they were fighting Communists.

 

[SJ]

Wrong, the US supported what is now known as the Northern Alliance not the Taliban.

 

[digme1]

What i realize now is that the United States is a "pseudo" terrritorial democratic government. Our government didn't miss the idea that the Mujahadeen were the nastiest Mofo's around, even worse than the Shee-ites of Iran, even to the point that it's illegal to own and watch TV in Afghan....But, had to overcome the Bigger Evil, henceforth, Carter & Ragean threw all types of resources only to see this happen....I wonder how the Rumsfield, Cheney, & other officials feel at this time realizing that at one time, the enemy now was a friend!

My theory is that, 20yrs from now, most pblbly dejavu([in the sense of a friend turning into a foe will materialize.[/b] How nasty can politics get? It's also sad that this enormous tragedy and sadness could become the turning point for our society waking up to see the grim side of the international world and how deeply entrenched we are in it just like everybody else.....

 

[digme1]

The Talliban is the Mujahadeen fighters.....Taliban - named when the fighters took over Kabul....before that they were called the former...

 

[Looney]

How many realize that Bin Laden, was trained and supplied arms by the US while being under the Mujahadeen gurella fighers? How Ironic!!!! This even makes it nasty bitter for me to think about the event itself

I wouldn't say it's ironic... probably more moronic that people seem to be twisting what they read and hear.

 

[veryape]

Yea,everyone I have talked to or know say this is common knowledge.

 

[lowtech1]

American would deal with the devil as long as he have money. Heck...during the Great War the Amrican sold supplies to Germany.

 

[digme1]

and moronically knowing this fact supposedly long time ago, we don't questions our policy makers ( considering that this is still a democratic nation) wtf they were trying to accomplish? and why it's now turning against us? I don't see any damn offical coming upfront and saying we did make a mistake, and to say that Bin Laden is pissed because of Palestine and Iraq, Intifadah started in 1983, right after the Iran-Iraq war and US was still supplyin arms then to Mujahadeen..why didn't he get upset then? it don't make sense.....I believe there are officials that have done some slick ass deeds in the 80's during the Cold War...And they damn well know now that Actions have Equal and opposite Reactions....This will also mean big ass whippin for afghan....
THough, stil some of us are still in the dark!