JamesB
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IIRC the US govt only aided afghani natives (IE taliban) against the soviets, not foreigners like (saudi arabian) OBL
of course the taliban could have in turn handed US aid to OBL, but thats beside the point
was anyone complaining during the cold war about us fighting our old (WW2) ally the USSR? the enemy of my enemy is my freind, no?
"If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons."
-Winston Churchill
The Taliban did not fight in the war against the Soviets. They weren't formed until the mid 90s, mostly from Afghan students studying in Pakistani madrassas. Thus the name Taliban, coming from the Arabic word for student, "Talib"