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Re: killing

Posted By: Rob J D, on host 130.179.250.68
Date: Tuesday, October 16, 2001, at 11:49:23
In Reply To: Re: killing posted by jon on Tuesday, October 16, 2001, at 09:29:26:

> The CIA's involvement in Afghanistan was definitely a contributing factor to the winning of that war, which in turn was a contributing factor to the collapse of the USSR. ... snip ...
>
> jon

Of course you are overlooking the fact that the unintended consequence was the training of a group of people who have become the Taliban and Al-Qaida who were such "wonderful" people then and are such "awful" people now. Give me a break. The ends do not justify the means.

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Re: killing - MarkN - Tue, 10/16/2001, 14:47:48
- Re: killing - Henry - Wed, 10/17/2001, 08:29:02
  - Re: killing - Nyperold - Wed, 10/17/2001, 17:42:56
  - Re: killing - MarkN - Wed, 10/17/2001, 10:48:07
Re: killing - jon - Tue, 10/16/2001, 13:11:00
Re: killing - Stephen - Tue, 10/16/2001, 12:16:48

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