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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Also - I thought the UK had much more to do with the formation of the middle eastern countries as they are today, but the US did have a hand in the current regimes and the rise of the Taliban and such.[/quote] Actually even the US role in the rise of the Taliban is overestimated in many circles. We supported Pakistan, in supporting anyone who would oppose the USSR (which, btw, was being rather oppressive in Afghanistan, though we opposed them for our own interests). Some of that support went to fundamentalists (not to the Taliban which was not formed yet) and some went to elements that would end up opposing the Taliban. The Taliban took power largely because Afghanistan was in chaos, at a time when we were NOT doing anything there. They walked into the power vacuum. [/quote]
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