Supposedly, following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, he was instrumental in dealing with the Afghan guerillas, the Mujahadeen, who later morphed into the Taliban and even later, Al-Qeada.
I'm not sure how that is supposed to be "bad", other than in retrospect. At the time, the Mujahadeen were considered to be the legitimate opposition to the Soviets.
The Reagan administration supported Saddam in the Iran-Iraq war. Again in retrospect, that doesn't appear to have been a wise choice, but at the time it seemed to be the right thing to do at the time.
We had an (albeit uneasy) alliance with Stalin in WWII, as well.
All are examples of the old saying: "the enemy of my enemy is my friend". Joining together against a common enemy doesn't always signify mutual agreement on everything.
Still, I really wonder what happened in the incident I noted in the blog posting. People really should team up with a friend and invest in a video camera and a wireless mike before confronting someone over politics or religion.
OK, I was enjoying coming up with theories about who was leaking this, but now I feel more serious with the information coming up here now.
This is serious, and I hope it DOES come out this week.
(Although I do have to admit it is still a little fun theorizing who is leaking this through “Anne”.)