"harry" wrote in message
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Now I got the impresion that the CIA was helping the Taliban just
because they were fighting the USSR.

Wherever you got that impression is a place you should avoid in future. The
Taliban as such did not exist during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.
Their founder/leader did fight against the Soviets, but he didnt form his
own merry band until five years after the Russkis had left. Yes, the CIA
helped Afghan resistance groups against the Soviets after the Carter
administration had goaded the Soviets into invading Afghanistan in order to
give the Soviets their own Vietnam, but what does that have to do with what
I posted? Bush's invasion of Afghanistan was quite effective but sadly his
eye had already turned to Iraq and he didn't finish what he started in
Afghanistan (assuming it could have been finished). Of course the Taliban
came to power in Afghanistan largely because the west lost interest in that
nation after the Soviets withdrew, which is a good argument for not
abandoning the place again. The question is how much blood and money is the
west willing to spend to keep the Taliban from taking over again?

No offense, but you are generally long on slogans, short on facts. You
would benefit from more time spent reading and less time reciting Everything
Is The Fault Of America.