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The Taliban most assuredly did '''not''' "emerge from" the ''mujaheddin'', despite what the cited source, commondreams.org (which bills itself as "breaking news and views for the progressive [read ''liberal''] community"), says.  Even [CNN http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9610/05/taleban/] can get it right—the Taliban arose in opposition to the muj.  At ''most,'' some of the muj may have defected to the Taliban.  The idea that US aid to the muj "in the 80s" (to use commondreams.org's phrase) led to 9/11 is simply a liberal myth. [[User:Tradcon|Traditional Conservative]] 23:53, 9 September 2007 (EDT)
 
The Taliban most assuredly did '''not''' "emerge from" the ''mujaheddin'', despite what the cited source, commondreams.org (which bills itself as "breaking news and views for the progressive [read ''liberal''] community"), says.  Even [CNN http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9610/05/taleban/] can get it right—the Taliban arose in opposition to the muj.  At ''most,'' some of the muj may have defected to the Taliban.  The idea that US aid to the muj "in the 80s" (to use commondreams.org's phrase) led to 9/11 is simply a liberal myth. [[User:Tradcon|Traditional Conservative]] 23:53, 9 September 2007 (EDT)
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:This is vague at best. ''Mujahideen'' simply refers to anyone who is engaged in ''jihad'', which bin Laden claims all of his men are.
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:This is vague at best. ''Mujahideen'' simply refers to anyone who is engaged in ''jihad'', which bin Laden claims all of his men are. [[User:TaKess|TaKess]] 16:15, 12 May 2009 (EDT)
    
== Contradiction ==
 
== Contradiction ==
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