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The CIA also encouraged jihadism while the USSR was occupying Afghanistan.

beedogs on Oct 30, 2013 [–]

Indeed. A lot of people seem to gloss over the fact that the US trained and funded Bin Laden himself, which was all well and good when he was on "our side".

mcantelon on Oct 30, 2013 | [–]

The memory hole certainly swallows a lot of stuff.

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