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And the Taliban's weapons and training came from America.
Afghanistan isn't the cynical exploitation I'm talking about, though (although, it definitely fits into the imperial bullshit category). Iraq had absolutely nothing to do with 9/11, but the regime had been wanting to reinvade since the late 90's, so they exploited the opportunity 9/11 offered.