"Rod Speed" wrote in message ...

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Like we ignored Afghanistan for over a decade, while
the Taliban let Bin Laden run terrorist training camps.

Ignored? We financed and armed the Taliban, professor.

Like hell we ever did.

Usama bin Laden was on our CIA payroll for years.

Irrelevant to who financed and armed the Taliban.

It's relevant you pathetic twerp. The very roots
of the Taliban was the armed resistance against
the Soviet Union's occupation of Afghanistan.

Not a ****ing clue, as always. That was the
Mujahidin, you stupid pig ignorant clown.

Good grief, what a moron. The Taliban
was the major faction of the Mujahidin.

http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/asia/afghan-bck1023.htm

Precisely:

Phase Three
"During this period, the rest of the country was carved up among
the various factions, with many mujahidin commanders establishing
themselves as local warlords. Humanitarian agencies frequently
found their offices stripped, their vehicles hijacked, and their staff
threatened. It was against this background that the Taliban emerged.
Former mujahidin who were disillusioned with the chaos that had
followed their victory became the nucleus of a movement that
coalesced around Mullah Mohammad Omar, a former mujahid
from Qandahar province. The group, many of whom were madrasa
(Islamic school) students, called themselves taliban, meaning students."

Glad to see you finally learned your history.