[TriLUG] things are already so horrible, now we hear about this..........

[Elizabeth Long]

In the 1990's, America began to play footsie with a radical young
group of Afghan insurgents, the Taliban. 

The oil companies needed a stable and friendly regime in Afghanistan
to make a deal with. So America quietly supported the Taliban,
and with the connivance of Pakistan, helped these new fundamentalists
fight their way to power. 

So America quietly supported the Taliban, and with the connivance
of Pakistan, helped these new fundamentalists fight their way
to power. 

http://www.cbsnews.com/now/story/0,1597,311402-412,00.shtml