It’s actually impressive to me how the West and its satellites are able to so impressively compartmentalize their propagandistic narratives in the service of war and imperialism, even digging up shit like this when “hindsight” is supposed to be a thing. It’s not like this ended in any case. They will support Chechen freedom fighters against RuZZian orcs one day while also emphasizing Israel as a bulwark against radical Islamic hordes the next.
“The Sunday Telegraph”, british conservative rag, sister paper to “The Daily Telegraph”
Interestingly enough, he openly wrote that USA are arming mujahideens while it was still not open knowledge, just as it was he who publicly thanked USA for bombing Nordstream just few hours after.