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Leonardo -> RE: Charlie Wilson's War / Conservatives Upset (12/22/2007 9:48:30 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Politesub53
Its true that Al Quaeda and Bin Laden were a product of the war between Afghanistan and the USSR. Neither received any military backing from the USA though. Bin Laden was wealthy in his own right, and also got his backing from supporters in Saudi Arabia.
The CIA did provide backing for the Afghan fighters though, much of this funnelled through the Pakistani security services. The US also initially supported the Taleban, as they thought a strict Muslim group in power would provide more stability.
So, "Bin Laden was wealthy in his own right".
And, so how did he achieve his wealth?
And, actually, the CIA did more than provide backing funneled through Pakistan... the CIA were instrumental in creating and developing the fighters, including Bin Laden, through extensive training provided by the US.
Ironically, the US government claims to be fighting a "War Against Terrorists", and though we have had the technology to do otherwise for decades, we actually support the terrosists we are allegedly fighting by buying their oil. Had we paid attention to the words of Henry Ford back in 1908, we would not have had such a dependence on oil for fuel, and the "Heartland Theory" would have been laid to rest early in the 20th century, and the Middle East would not have anything else besides rugs and sand to exports, thereby preventing Al Quaida from having enough money to buy kleenex to blow their own noses with, much less blow anything else.
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