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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: Trim on August 24, 2021, 03:34:16 PM
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Goddamn, how great was this movie?
During the 1980s Muhammed Omar, joined the Afghan mujahideen in their war against the Soviet Union and the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan.
He founded the Taliban movement in 1994.
First off, CIA funding dwindled to nearly nothing years before the Taliban even came into existence (and was funneled through Pakistan). So if you're trying to say the U.S. directly armed the Taliban, you're wrong (as usual).
The Taliban was formed by Pashtun clerics and students, some of which were in the Mujahedeen at some point in time, but had become disillusioned in the control of Afghanistan by the actual former Mujahedeen warlords. Substantial rank and file came from the students in the schools. The Pakistani's and the Saudi's created the Taliban, they just happened to have a leader with Mujahideen ties.
In fact the new Mujahideen now resists the Taliban in Panjshir.
Did we not push $200 million to them as late as 1992?
Who is them? The Pakistani's?
This reminds me of this and I love it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq9mzhz9IQo
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My friends who like to relive high school all the time talk about that movie frequently.
I welcome dax's friends of this ilk to join gE and e-talk about it here.
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RIP Sam (and Rod?)
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RIP Sam (and Rod?)
Yeah. :frown: