Gates financed Osama Bin Laden

[werther]

article here (http://www.rawstory.com/showoutarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailykos.c om%2Fstoryonly%2F2006%2F11%2F9%2F34541%2F0328)

Robert Gates Promoted and Financed Osama Bin Laden

by LondonYank (http://londonyank.dailykos.com/)

Thu Nov 09, 2006 at 12:45:40 AM PST

Robert Gates made Osama Bin Laden what he is today. This is not exaggeration. By funding Osama Bin Laden's operations, training camps, weaponry and political influence from 1979 (even before Russia invaded Afghanistan), Robert Gates personally gave us our principal enemy in the "War on Terror".

More frighteningly, all of Robert Gates' support to Osama Bin Laden ran through Pakistan's ISI. ISI has been linked to training and funding (http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/9/18/82548/4524) the 9/11 bombers, the London bombers, the Madrid bombers, the Bali bombers and the Delhi bombers but is strangely immune from official Washington scrutiny.

I really wonder which side Robert Gates thinks he's on. With a 30 year history of pomoting and financing state and non-state terrorism, I doubt it is the side of the peace and prosperity of the American people and bringing our troops home safe.

[werther]

"Robert Gates personally gave us our principal enemy in the "War on Terror".

apparently the writer of this article still doesn't get it.

[beltman713]

"Robert Gates personally gave us our principal enemy in the "War on Terror".apparently the writer of this article still doesn't get it.
Uh, sounds like he got it to me.

[werther]

If our government funded Al Whatever and pulled off 9-11 using Osama as a patsy then Osama is not the enemy but rather those that funded him and those that pulled off 9-11.

In short Osama is not the enemy but rather Gates is the enemy.

Edit: but I see your point, perhaps I am just mincing words here.