US backing the Mujahadeen against the Soviet Union. We should have helped the Soviets. The Soviets were trying to create an Islamic buffer (recall that the USSR-Afghan War was on the heels of the Iranian hostage crisis). But no, our geniuses in charge at the time adopted the "enemy of my enemy is my friend" attitude and now Osama gets a safe place to hide, and plot killing more Americans.
but it'd be a lot cheaper if we just financed it. Our hourly rate is probably a lot higher, especially that far from home. Targeting might be a lot more accurate though.
Maybe the Clash should do a reunion tour as well...
"The shareef don't like it Rockin' the Casbah Rock the Casbah The shareef don't like it Rockin' the Casbah Rock the Casbah"
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche