MaggieMae
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So you contend none of this history happened?
I contend you're an idiot.
How would you know if you refuse to read anything? Don't like Wikipedia? My advice then is always to click on THEIR posted sources at the bottom of the topic pages.
That said, there is controversy over whether aid went directly to the Taliban-led mujahideen against the Soviets, or whether it was given to Pakistan for distribution to the collective Afghan forces fighting the Soviets. But however it was laundered, the fact is the US had an investment in the opposing forces in Afghanistan, the very people we have now been fighting against since the US invaded in 2001. In fact, as late as May 2001, before the 911 attack on us, we gave The Taliban several million not to grow poppies.
How Washington Funded the Taliban | Ted Galen Carpenter | Cato Institute: Daily Commentary