Facts so I do see why folk in here arguing about this… first this shyt started with invading Iraq on a lie about sadam Husain being responsible for 9/11 when in fact it’s was Saudi nationals who were the hijackers and this shyt ultimately being planned by isreal and Russia using Saudi cut outs… US used that Iraq excuse to invade and just focused on Afghanistan… it was always clown shyt out the US went about this… it’s like the opp shooting up your house but you go after your next door neighbor
It actually goes back further than that. Reagan armed the Mujahideen, which were Afghan rebels fighting the Russians. That was part of the Cold War struggle that led to the collapse of the USSR.
Bin Laden was one of the people that funded and funneled weapons to the Mujahideen. Of course Bin Laden was behind the attack on 9/11, so this all really goes back to Reagan and his administration's policies towards Afghanistan. The rest of this stuff was easy to see coming, because the USA no longer has an interest in that part of the World.