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This meme is from 2004. History repeats itself.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The CIA is literally the reason the Al Queda exists. has consistently been the biggest force funding and training terrorists groups around the world. Al Queda is just the modern iteration on the Mujahideen whom US was propping up in the 80s.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Yup. Listen to the latest season of Blowback podcast. CIA sheltered/evacuated a bunch of Al Quaeda leaders right before the invasion of Afghanistan began.