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[piece-itpete]

The old saying, hindsight is 20/20. At the time the USSR was a real threat, and if one would've said the Islamists could be a danger to us half a world away they would've scoffed.

Not saying right or wrong...

Pete

[Dondilion]

Originally Posted by piece-itpete

The old saying, hindsight is 20/20. At the time the USSR was a real threat, and if one would've said the Islamists could be a danger to us half a world away they would've scoffed.

Not saying right or wrong...

Pete

My point is that it was reasonable to assume that the CIA knew what the dangers were. And in reality a soviet friendly Afghanistan was not a threat to us.