You know those who say we did for some strange reason seem to think an arab is an arab is an afghan.
We funded some native Afghans. At no point did we give money or training to bin Laden. The only joy he had concerning americans was finding out we were helping the resistance.
Not one iota of proof exists to suggest we did work with bin Laden in the 80s.
Bin Laden might be even too young to play prominent role in 1980s. But the help went to the forces which later were associated with bin Laden.