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Originally posted by sdtPikachu
So I suppose that giving them billions of dollars worth of weaponry and training to fight off the soviets had nothing to do with them seizing power?
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The Taliban didn't even come around until around 1995, after the communists left. The US did not support them, but Unicol, an oil company did. They thought that with the Taliban there would be more stability, and they could make more profit. The US did supply Afghanistan with weapons, and other supplies when the communists tried to take over, but it wasn't to one group, it was to anyone that was willing to fight. Usama Bin Laden was a freedom fighter who helped to get rid of the communists, but at the time he wasn't associated with the Taliban.
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Originally posted by sdtPikachu
"There is nothing wrong with being conservative"
Well IMO there is. Not being able to be elected if you're not one of the supposed "majority". Even if I wanted to be electedas President there's no way I would be. There are just too many people who would distrust me because I don't believe in god. They would never elect a black president because all the whites would think he would make rules to ensure black superiority. They would never elect a homosexual president, bacuse everyone knows those damned ***s are cursed devil worshippers and will lead this country to hell.
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First of all you seemed to have overlooked half of what I said. I did say there was nothing wrong with being a conservative, but I also said that wasn't anything wrong with being a liberal.
Racism is still very real, but things are changing whether you're aware of it or not. For example Jackie Robinson, and Tiger Woods were both discriminated against for being black in a white sport. Right now BMX is almost an all white sport. During a recent event a black person fell on the first corner, got back up, and was able to get second somehow. When they were on the podium, the black guy got more of an applause then the white guy that got first. A few years ago it wouldn't be like that.