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Originally posted by Moridin:
There is a lot I wanted to respond to, but this was on the last page so I will start here 
Wouldn't we be getting ourselves into the same situation as we have in the past (and that some people here are against)...if we support the Northern Alliance and help them gain a majority rule in Afghanistan, isn't that the same as supplying the Taliban and bin Laden in their fight against Russia? How do we know that the Northern Alliance will turn out any better? We cannot argue that support was a bad choice in one instant and then turn around and try to justify it in the next. We (any country that lost citizens in the attack) should deal with this matter directly, not through support of an opposition group.
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Our prior support in Afghanistan was NOT the reason bin Laden turned against the US, so the comparison doesn't hold up.