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To: Broken_Clock who wrote (17247)8/12/2009 1:19:30 PM
From: jlallen  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 103300
 
Huh?

think training the Taliban, funding and backing OBL

We did neither of these things...

Support for SH was limited to the period when he privided a counterweight to Iran which made perfect sense in that time period....

You might want to try getting your facts straight.



To: Broken_Clock who wrote (17247)8/12/2009 2:41:15 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 103300
 
Re: "Wrong. Imperialism doesn't work."

Don't recall ever saying that I thought "Imperialism" was a 'good idea', or that it 'worked'..... :-)

(Are you trying to make the argument that all of our involvement in Afghanistan is based upon "Imperialism"?)