The communism/capitalism puppet wars of the past have always been unfortunate. They went on for many years and many people were hurt because of them. They however are not just the USAs fault but instead both the USSR and USAs fault (there are probably a lot more nations at fault also). I have never agreed with wars fought in the name of stopping communism.
But the whole US funding the Taliban is crap. When they were fighting the Soviets no one could have known the type of nation they would lead but at the time the US had one of 3 choices, stay out (unlikely because of the scare of communism), back the Soviets (even more unlikely) or back the Afganies. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend". Tough times call for tough relationships and decisions. Churchill once made a comment saying he would ally with Satin in order to defeat Hitler.
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