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It's important to remember successive US administrations since Jimmy Carter made sure that Islamic terrorists had lots of weapons and cash. During the period of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (1979 - 1989) roughly $6 billion a year in weaponry was provided to the mujahadeen, as well as large amounts of drug money.

Horse manure. First the USA did not provide $6 billion per year plus "large amounts of drug money". Second, the support that was given was going to organized resistance forces in an invaded country for the purpose of expelling the communist invaders; a legitimate foreign policy objective of the USA. And that is exactly for what the vast majority of the aid was used.

Again, [Balkans]the US administration provided more logistical support. In the year 2000, press reports of a KLA infiltration of Macedonia mentioned that among a group of KLA fighters (which the head of NATO referred to as "murderers and thugs") there were 17 US military advisers.

NLA, not KLA. 2001, not 2000. And 0, not 17. And the USA provided zero support to the NLA--our soldiers along with other KFOR elements were patrolling the border, to include exchanging liaison personnel and intell with the Makos to stop the infils; not to mention going after NLA leaders and their funds diplomatically. Reading your post, besides all the factual errors and events taken out of context, it appears your main thrust is that Islamic terrorism is really our own fault. Go home, troll.

"NLA, not KLA. 2001, not 2000. And 0, not 17. And the USA provided zero support to the NLA--our soldiers along with other KFOR elements were patrolling the border, to include exchanging liaison personnel and intell with the Makos to stop the infils; not to mention going after NLA leaders and their funds diplomatically."

The incident I mentioned was specifically an incursion by Kosovo Liberation Army members into Macedonia. At the time the only country in the world to provide military aid to Macedonia was the Ukraine. That aid was stopped when they were threatened by the US.

According to the former Canadian ambassador to Yugoslavia these roughly 400 Islamic thugs were surrounded by Macedonian police just outside of Skopje.

NATO ordered the Macedonian troops to return to barracks and transportation came from Camp Bondsteel to remove the KLA fighter from the area. It was that event that the press at the time referred to 17 US military advisors being included in that group.

As far as US support for Islamic terrorism I suggest you brush up on your history.

While the Carter administration started the project, it didn't really get into full swing until the Reagan administration got together with the Thatcher government and Pakistan's Zia al-Haq, to provide for the training, arming, and indoctrination of Islamic volunteers that came from around the world.

This part of history is fully documented and quite public. At the time there were some who worried that this project might have long term side effects, but they were effectively marginalized.

A couple of days ago the former president of Chechnya was blown to bits in Qatar.

He was acknowledged by the US to have close connections to al-Qaeda and was one of their financiers, yet was able to live openly since 2000 in an upscale neighborhood in Doha.

Just in case you're not familiar with Qatar it is the forward command for US Middle East forces.

Another of those who received aid from the US was Gulbiddin Hekmatyr in Afghanistan, according to Ahmed Rashid, a Pakistani reporter who writes for Telegraph and has been reporting from Pakistan for twenty years.

Now Hekmatyr is one of the strongest warlords in Afghanistan, and is killing off US troops whenever he gets the chance. Too bad, or as Zebigniew Brezinski said, ...who cared about a few riled up Muslims, we were trying to destroy the Soviet Union."
Just recently it was information supplied by the US to the German government that allowed the acquittal of one of the memebers of the "Hamburg cell", the group that included Mohammad Atta.
Yes, the US supported Islamic terrorism financially, militarily, and logistically right up until 9-11 when the error of their ways was made clear.

This is not a partisan issue, nor is it a secret from the rest of the world.
Until the US comes to terms with their role in the growth of Islamic terrorism, all the rhetoric is just so much smoke.