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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
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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.