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Mentioned on Norman Goldman: Ronald Reagan called binLaden a Freedom Fighter (Original Post) rustydog Apr 2012 OP
bin Laden Turbineguy Apr 2012 #1
Poppy Bush is still in business with binladen's father rustydog Apr 2012 #2
Who has been dead since 1967... rfranklin Apr 2012 #3
And how is this news? RZM Apr 2012 #4
There is no honor among thieves. n/t cr8tvlde Apr 2012 #5
reagan did`t know about charlie wilson`s war until ... madrchsod Apr 2012 #6

Turbineguy

(37,365 posts)
1. bin Laden
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 09:17 PM
Apr 2012

was a bit republican. He turned on his masters. Kind of like the way the Bush family turned on Saddam Hussein.

 

rfranklin

(13,200 posts)
3. Who has been dead since 1967...
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 10:17 PM
Apr 2012

but the Bush crime family is definitely involved with the living members of the family.

 

RZM

(8,556 posts)
4. And how is this news?
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 10:28 PM
Apr 2012

Everybody knows this. Bin Laden was one of the Arab Islamists who supported the Afghan insurgency. The US did too.

The bigger story is actually Afghan Islamists like Hekmatyr, who were supported by American money funneled through Pakistan, who in turn channeled the aid to their pet Mujahideen group (there were actually seven) in the hopes that they could use them as proxies during the war and in a post-Communist Afghanistan.

It's not a coincidence that Pakistan was one of only two countries who officially recognized the Taliban.

madrchsod

(58,162 posts)
6. reagan did`t know about charlie wilson`s war until ...
Mon Apr 16, 2012, 10:58 PM
Apr 2012

wilson and the cia needed reagan`s approval,over the objection of the us army,to release stingers to bin laden`s fighters.

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