Too many fingers, in too many pies. A short timelime,

History of U.S. foreign policy is a brief overview of major trends regarding the foreign policy of the United States from the American Revolution to the present.
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The major themes are becoming an "empire of liberty", promoting democracy, expanding across the continents, supporting liberal internationalism, and contesting World Wars and the Cold War.
During in the 1970s, when the Russia was the biggest threat to America and radical Islam was not as a concern of the USA’s, the USA began funding and training Islamic militants to fight our Russian enemies in Afghanistan.
These militants, known as the mujahideen would rebel the Russians out of Afghanistan and later become the Taliban, Al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood.


US-backed Mujahideen e-Khalq covert war in Iran seems to continue as "A Cambone Operation"
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mujahideen become al qaeda
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United States support for Iraq during the Iran–Iraq war
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Original caption:"Shaking Hands: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein greets Donald Rumsfeld, then special envoy of President Ronald Reagan, in Baghdad on December 20, 1983
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Bin Laden Family Is Tied To U.S. Group
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Obama authorizes covert US support for Syrian rebels
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So who's next, possibly after Iran...China ??? LOL, Good luck,.

Peace