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**valiumcheapll** · 04-05-2011, 06:59 PM

If he's not, I will. OBL was not an Afghan warlord. He was a Saudi Arab (of Yemeni extraction) that came to Afghanistan for "jihad" and helped route other Arabs to the cause. They were, of course, radicalized by the Soviet incursion into a Muslim country. Mr. bin Laden was a millionaire financier of the jihad. He didn't need U.S. help and denied having received any.

The U.S. supported Afghan mujahideen in their fight against the Soviets during the '80s. The Taliban is a movement that developed under the leadership of a mullah in Kandahar in the '90s as a response to factional fighting among the mujahideen. It's two different things.

Dingdingding!

FD gets a cookie. He paid attention in history class(es).

Not that it will matter. My prediction - dodging, diffusion, disappointment, then disappearance.

04-05-2011, 06:59 PM	#22
valiumcheapll Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 470 Senior Member	If he's not, I will. OBL was not an Afghan warlord. He was a Saudi Arab (of Yemeni extraction) that came to Afghanistan for "jihad" and helped route other Arabs to the cause. They were, of course, radicalized by the Soviet incursion into a Muslim country. Mr. bin Laden was a millionaire financier of the jihad. He didn't need U.S. help and denied having received any. The U.S. supported Afghan mujahideen in their fight against the Soviets during the '80s. The Taliban is a movement that developed under the leadership of a mullah in Kandahar in the '90s as a response to factional fighting among the mujahideen. It's two different things. Dingdingding! FD gets a cookie. He paid attention in history class(es). Not that it will matter. My prediction - dodging, diffusion, disappointment, then disappearance.
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