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by wheelerof4te 991 days ago
Oh, yea, I remember.

Remember when he started droning civilians all over the Middle East anyway, just because they might have been linked to Al-Qaeda?

The same Al-Qaeda US supported and trained a couple decades before that.

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> The same Al-Qaeda US supported and trained a couple decades before that.

Al-Qaeda was formed after the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, the US did not support and train al-Qaeda as such.

If you're going to make claims with such authority, please have the correct information. Sure Al-Qaeda was formed after the Soviet withdrawal, but it consisted of very members that US and Pakistan (ISI) helped in their fight against Soviet union, including Osama Bin Laden.

https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Afghan_Arabs

Yep.

US has been at the root of a lot of this century's problems..

Afaik US funding went to the afghan mujahideen not arab volunteers. Do you have evidence suggesting otherwise?