I know that I'm going to be sorry I replied to you, sneaky ; however, the facts are these: the USA ( in any way, manner, or form ) didn't train bin Laden, they gave him, specifically, no support, and during the Russo/Afghan War, bin Laden just gave money to the " cause ". He, himself, unlike Omar and others, who later became members/ leaders of al Qaeda, never took any part in the conflict against Russia. Those are the facts.
Just because it suits your agenda to say certain things, doesn't make them true, factual, nor germaine.
however, the facts are these: the USA ( in any way, manner, or form ) didn't train bin Laden, they gave him, specifically, no support, and during the Russo/Afghan War, bin Laden just gave money to the " cause ". He, himself, unlike Omar and others, who later became members/ leaders of al Qaeda, never took any part in the conflict against Russia. Those aren't the "facts" I remember reading about a couple of years ago. Those facts stated we funnelled some support for the Afhgan rebels though bin Laden and others. Maybe this doesn't count as "support" in your book,but it does in mine.