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Originally Posted by MaDalton
all the evil middle east dictators kept the radical muslims in check - it all started when Russia attacked Afghanistan and the US gave weapons to the Mujaheddin (now known as Al Qaeda) to fight a proxy war for them
that turned Afghanistan into the shithole terrorist breeding pit it is now - with all the consequences
so basically it all stems from the cold war
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True.
And the really ironic part is that the cold war was almost over by then, although no one knew it at the time.