The destruction of Afghanistan started here:

[MiroJarvis]

We must always remember that.

[moondust]

1. AP Afghan timeline

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-islamic-state-group-afghanistan-europe-middle-east-70451c485d46908ef5c6a83a1de9f0f6

1983 — President Ronald Reagan meets with mujahedeen leaders, calling them freedom fighters, at the White House.

[msongs]

2. they should make raygun a founding father nt

[RockRaven]

3. Anyone know who the guy next to the senile traitor is?

I'm curious if he's still a public figure or not.

[unblock]

6. Gust avrakotos

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Reagan_meets_Afghan_Mujahideen.jpg

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gust_Avrakotos

Died in 2005

Phillip Seymour Hoffman played him in the movie Charlie Wilson's War.

[RockRaven]

7. Thanks for the answer!

I was wondering if he was State Dept, DOD, intelligence, or WH staff...

[Xolodno]

4. Just a few notes...

1. This is the Mujahadeen, not the Taliban which is a Sunni Frankenstien created by the Saudi's and Pakistan.

2. Further point one, there is a woman in this and is making a point...and everyone is listening to her.

But overall, yeah, we should have let the Soviets do their shit. Then again, I think those in Moscow were already planning for the eventual, well, eventuality. Think they will get a non-aggressive buffer state like they wanted.

[Cha]

5. KR & This..

Link to tweet

[tirebiter]

8. The mujahedeen were freedom fighters

The Taliban executed their leader just before Sept 11. They were loosely organized. Since then they lived on their reputations and became old and irrelevant.

[MiroJarvis]

10. They were mercenaries that acted to destabilize Afghanistan.

And several of them are currently members of terrorist groups.

[rockfordfile]

9. The same goes for why South America has so many problems

Is there any place that the right-wing hasn't screwed up?