"We should recognize that American tax dollars helped to create the very Taliban government that now wants to destroy us. In the late 1970s and early 80s, the CIA was very involved in the training and funding of various fundamentalist Islamic groups in Afghanistan, some of which later became today's brutal Taliban government. In fact, the U.S. government admits to giving the groups at least 6 billion dollars in military aid and weaponry, a staggering sum that would be even larger in today's dollars." http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2001/tst110501.htm
Plenty more at http://www.newsmine.org/archive/9-11/taliban On 12/16/05, Tim Heald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Taliban wasn't founded until years after the soviets left Afghanistan, > and we favored their opponents, the Northern Alliance. > > Your second point deals with Iraq, not Afghanistan, please stay on point, > and check your facts about Afghanistan. > > Back on point, what should our response been to 911? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael Bramwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 8:16 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Iran > > > > What would you have wanted us to do in the aftermath of 911? > > > > Off the top of my head: > > > > Refect on: > > - Whether it was such a good idea to fund the Taliban to > > the tune of billions of dollars in the quest to defeat the > > Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. > > - Using terrorism and WMD's as an excuse to invade a > > nation for its oil, thereby discrediting the necessary fight > > against terrorism to the rest of the world and making the > > West a pariah in the Middle East. > > > > Michaelb. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Tim Heald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 8:43 AM > > Subject: RE: Iran > > > > > > > You still haven't responded to the questions about how you > > would handle > > > things like Hitler. > > > > > > What would you have wanted us to do in the aftermath of 911? > > > > > > I'm wondering. > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:188450 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
