I don't give a shit about US governmental interests. We're talking about Islam here. But I guess you've answered the dilemma many people seem to have regarding Islam, it's not the religion itself, but the people (specifically politicians and people in power) that abuse and tarnish it's name.If it wasn't for the CIA helping the Taliban along, Afganistan and possibly more of the Middle East would be speaking Russian.
At the time the Soviet Union was the most dangerous threat to our country. So what if we helped create the Taliban. How does it go " The enemy of my enemy is my friend"?
The Taliban was necessary at the time to stop further expansion of the USSR. Hasn't anyone ever had a dog that they nutured, feed and took care of, only to have the dog bite you later on. Same thing here the dog needs to be put to sleep.
In fact, I think this fake version of 'Islam' is the best thing that's happened to the US government. First they used it to kick the soviets out, and now that its done, they've used it to occupy Saddam-controlled Iraq (who was by the way, helped into power by the US) and Taliban controlled Afghanistan (again, only there because of America), even going as far as to merge the two together by associating them with Al Qaida (another organisation with the US at its roots - gee, where will it end) when people started to question the US governments motives. Luckily for them, enough Americans are like bb_wolfe and popeye for this warmongering to have ever been a real problem. God bless America.