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Posted By: JimB

Dylan said,
"What if....the Soviet Union prevailed in Afgahnistan?"

Uh, there would be no Taliban, no al-Quaeda, and probably no 9/11. You can't honestly be arguing that we would be worse off if we had not funded and trained al-Quaed in Afghanistan.

As for Iran controlling all the oil in the middle east, it is quite a leap to presume that if they had won the Iran-Iraq War that the world would have just stood by as they rolled over other countries in the region. You prefer the Bush-backed Saudi royal family - those great voices for moderation and liberal democracy in the middle east? Did you happen to notice that most of the 9/11 terrorists were from Saudi Arabia but we have not so much as waved a disapproving finger at them? I wonder if the Bushs have any oil relationship with the Saudi Royal Family.
JimB

edited for grammar