Osama bin Laden: A weapon of mass Convenience

[Breukelen advocaat]

reading the history of the afghan war, it seems that it was less a case of the US giving help to the underdogs after the soviets invaded, and more a case of the soviets invading because of the activity of the US intel services already going on.it can be argued that our actions in afghanistan and pakistan put the soviets on edge (after all, it was right next door to them geographically), thus goading them into invading. you're gonna' spank the dog that bit you when you're the one who got him all worked up in the first place? you don't have any pets, do you?

I am not making excuses for the U.S. getting involved in Afghanistan, before the Soviet invasion, but I do not think that the Russians were "goaded" into invading. They would have gotten around to it, eventually. So your accusation that the U.S. got Afghanistan "worked up" does not hold. Bin laden and his cohorts were very pissed off that the U.S. didn't provide actual soldiers to repel the Soviet invaders. I believe that Reagan did the right thing by not going to war with the Soviet Army, regardless of what the future taliban and al quida wanted at the time. His biggest mistake was helping them, training them in military maneuvers, allowing them to establish a theocratic dictatorship, and giving them economic aid. T

BTW, the method of dealing with dogs that bite the hands that feed them, in the traditions of my ancestors, was to shoot, not "spank", them â?? not too long ago these animals served purposes other than being a lapdog: they â??workedâ?�, and were cared for, Iâ??m sure, very humanly â?? but in a kennel, or doghouses, rather than in the house â?? and sometimes they could not be domesticated enough to be trusted around children, or adults. One of my great grandfathers raised collies, or border collies, which are very good with sheep, as well as other jobs. Another ancestor had full sized dachshunds (used to hunt badgers), and (probably) other breeds. And no, I do not currently own a dog, or any other pet, but hope to in the future. I donâ??t expect Iâ??ll have ever need to take any drastic measures with it for itâ??s conduct, lol. I actually wish that more humans were as trustworthy, and useful, as most dogs are.