Posted by 4Lindsey on September 24, 2009 at 10:00am
Talked about the Taliban and 9-11. The Taliban were a group originally created to fight the Soviet Union communists when they tried to invade the Middle East (Afghanistan). At the time, they were not terrorists, (that part came later) and the U.S supplied them with wepons so they could fight the Soviets, who the U.S. were currently in a Cold War with. The soviets retreated and the Taliban were left to support the al-Qaeda (who were created afterwards), and slowly developed into our enemies.The reason they became our enemies was mostly because of 9-11, althought feelings had been mutually worsening before that. 9-11 was a huge tragedy in the history of the U.S. I was in first grade when it happened, and I know that it was a big shock to the people who understood what was going on (as a small child, I and my classmates weren't told anything until we got home that day). Approximately 3,000 people died.
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