The us didn't fund them, but they did indirectly support them with intelligence and weapons through Pakistan.
-----Original Message----- From: Jerry Barnes [mailto:critic...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 10:55 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: Controversy swells as Obama supports Ground Zero mosque "Actually the US never funded the Taliban or Al Queda during the Soviet occupation. For one thing the Taliban did not exist at the time. The Taliban was formed after the Soviet, then the American withdrawals from Afghanistan in the mid 1990's." I didn't post anything about the Taliban or Al Queda. I wrote Osama Bin Laden. The US did fund insurgents during the occupation. Osama was an insurgent. J - Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny - Thomas Jefferson on government ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:325558 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm