Hm yeah and the Taliban just sort of materialized out of thin air with a deep vendetta against the US because they were jealous… or for their religion… or. uh. something…
Definitely not the product of any covert CIA operations that undermined democracy and autonomy in the region or anything… no no the US just forgot to consider the regional politics in which they were also funding the guerilla fighters that Pakistan was funding to prevent the people of Afghanistan from adopting socialism and being allied with the USSR.
Hm yeah and the Taliban just sort of materialized out of thin air with a deep vendetta against the US because they were jealous… or for their religion… or. uh. something…
Definitely not the product of any covert CIA operations that undermined democracy and autonomy in the region or anything… no no the US just forgot to consider the regional politics in which they were also funding the guerilla fighters that Pakistan was funding to prevent the people of Afghanistan from adopting socialism and being allied with the USSR.