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To: XenaLives who wrote (121503)9/13/2001 10:50:44 AM
From: saw-bones  Read Replies (3) of 436258
 
Paula, why do you assume that it was immoral for our CIA to train him. As you may or may not recall, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and waged a brutal war including chemical weapons against a technologically inferior country. It was felt at the time that their ultimate goal was to extend their empire south through Pakistan. Guerillas trained and armed by the US and its allies countered the brutal expansion of the Soviet empire and probably hastened its demise. Unfortunately, bin Laden has turned on us - it does not follow though that we were wrong to aid the Afghans, in spite of what has happened in that country. m.
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