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To: RMF who wrote (36155)	8/1/2009 7:42:09 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

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To: RMF who wrote (36155)	8/3/2009 1:51:31 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

We trained the Jihadists and supplied them with weapons and money. We didn't train arm or train Al Qaeda (it didn't exist directly as such at the time, but we didn't arm or train Maktab al-Khidamat either), or the Taliban. Not that there was zero overlap between the people who later became the Taliban and the people we armed and/or trained, but many of those we did arm and train where later the enemies of the Taliban and Al Qaeda.

To: RMF who wrote (36155)	8/3/2009 4:17:40 PM
From: Peter Dierks	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

At this juncture the real question is if the crazies gain control of Pakistan's nuclear weapons. It was your question from this thread. Obama worship and BDS does not change reality for the rest of us. President Bush did a very good job of advancing the cause of freedom in parts of the world where despair had taken hold of the people. Obama's performance does not come close to matching his rhetoric. If McCain had been elected he ALSO would be putting more troops into Afghanistan. At least McCain was honest about his intention to advance the cause of freedom. It appears to the casual observer that Obama may be trying to lose the Middle East in a way he can blame President Bush for (like he blames him for every one of Obama's screw ups.) The alternate theory is that now he is tacitly admitting that President Bush was doing a good job.