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Before ISIS renamed itself ISIS in 2013, it was al Qaeda in Iraq – born of the U.S. invasion in Iraq. Before that, it was Bayat al Imam – a Jordanian group led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi while he was still in prison. Zarqawi was recruited and trained by the CIA to fight in the Afghanistan Jihad against the Soviet Union. Its members were primarily Jordanians and Saudis, from firmly U.S. –backed countries.
I’m not a fan of lawyers, especially lawyers who defend terrorists, but this guy makes a good point. Let’s remember 9/11 stopped the world clock because a handful of people with homemade explosives effectively brought the leading world power to its knees – the same tactics the CIA taught them to defeat the Soviets.
For decades, we’ve recruited, trained and armed tribal groups to fight against governments we don’t like. We’ve overtly or covertly appointed hundreds of dictators, war criminals, drug lords and terrorists. In the past, it was all about the Cold War. Now it’s all business. We’re picking dictators to suppress their people so we can rape their natural resources.
In the 1980s, we helped Pakistan and Saudi Arabia overthrow Afghanistan’s socialist government. In 1976, it was Argentina. In 1964, it was Brazil and General Castelo Branco who reigned over that country for a brutal 20 years. In 1969, it was Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge. In 1970, it was Chile and General Pinochet. In Cuba, Batista was our man. His brutal dictatorship directly led to the Cuban revolution. In 1949, we overthrew the government of Albania and put Xhafer Deva, a known fascist war criminal in power. And the list goes on, El Salvador, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, and still counting.
We created terrorism. source