[BBell]

I supported the arming of the mujahedin in the 80's against the Soviets. In hind sight we made a big mistake and like it or not we inadvertently created Al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden. We should have let the Russians hammer take care of Afghanistans.

To this day we are paying for our mistakes and we have not learned anything. We support the Jihadist in Libya, Egypt, Syria and even Iraq. We really need to learn from the Russians, Chinese, and Filipinos in that the only way to deal with these radical muzzies is to kill them. The only thing these muzzies respect is power.

The French and British knew this 200 years ago and we knew this during the Barbary wars.

[MaxMax]

We can't know that the oil would have kept the cold war going until today
if we had let the Soviets take it all. And I mean all, once they got a foothold.
Those were some very scary times.

[Sacajaweau]

We’ve now done the same thing in Egypt and we’re doing it in Syria. Less weapons aka funds mean less fighting. Both sides are bad guys....what to do??

[wyowolf]

Yep, that sure worked out well! Seriously that was HUGE blunder in hindsite...

[SoCal Pubbie]

The Soviets supported Islamic terrorists for years. They hoped to destabilize Israel and by extension damage the US.