first of all america didnt give the taliban weapons we gave them to the afghanies. Second jihad and the muslim religion were around way before america, like in WWI jihad ws declared of england, and america had no part in the war until after that. the only reason we wanted russia defeated was because of the spread of communism, like in north korea trying to convert south korea to communism and in vietnam. the soviet union started many of the wars after world war 2