On Mon, 1 Dec 2008, Chris Doss wrote:
> Is it really accurate to say that the US "created" the muj? Fostered
> yes, but wouldn't a lot of Afghans and people from the Gulf have done
> this Holy Warrior schtick regardless?
Without stingers, they would have gotten waxed. Just like the Soviet union waxed their forebears in e.g. Uzhbekistan when the SU was first set up.
Michael