A few Months ago Time Mag. had an article What If CANADA Did Not EXist.
South Of the border they worry about Planes Flying into Buildings.
I worry about the 14 CUP.
You have to go further back than that to Regan in 1980. He was more afraid of The Evil Empire grabbing a foothold in an oil rich nation's neighbour than Islamic Extremism. So he armed and trained the extremists and enabled their rise to glory.