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Originally Posted by RACooper
How about the nuturing and encouragement of Islamic fundamentalism as a way to combat "godless" communism in Afghanistan, and to a lesser extent in the Middle East? Or how about the funding of religious "resistant cells" within the former Soviet Union?
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These may be more generally responsible for an increasingly armed niche market for militant Islam (in fact, they most likely contributed, no 'may' about it).
However, I can't fathom a direct link between "nurturing" and "worst attack on US soil" - in fact, these two points are directly antithetical by nature. This is exactly the MMQB issue. You can tie all sorts of actions to the eventual environment from which the action springs, but these are NOT directly causal, nor should they be considered the basis for 'fault' - to think otherwise really requires you to drink the Kool-Aid, not to mention piss on any notion of personal responsibility or appropriate response.