Condoleezza: I agree with you, especially your skepticism about the CIA.
Rhino/Paladin: while I’m no fan of the CIA, Reagan’s efforts supporting the Afghans against the Soviets was one of the main reasons we won the Cold War. WW3 was avoided. And the attacks on 9/11 were carried out with box cutters, not Stingers.
OBL was not Afghani...