Whats to defend? This is common knowledge that US (CIA), ISI and The Saudis, funded and trained Mujahadeen and other fighters from Islamic countries (including Saudia Arabia) to fight the Soviets. The whole world already knows this... I would recommend reading these two books on the subject:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ghost-Wars...0AMWKDS6HDG&psc=1&refRID=RW58P8XCS0AMWKDS6HDG https://www.amazon.co.uk/Charlie-Wi...gateway&sprefix=charlie+wilson,aps,138&sr=8-8 The first one even won a Pulitzer prize. Also, don't get all your news from Indian media or 3rd class websites. If you were to watch the interview, IK clearly said the US, ISI trained the mujahedeen and then the US abandoned them once the soviets were defeated. It's actually quite a brave statement to make in the US.....but like I said, this is common knowledge, and has been for many years.
Hey, i already know this. How are you going to make the world believe this?
These are two incriminating points IK said which shouldn't have been.
After 9/11, Al Qaeda has links to and sympathisers within Pak army.
Pakistan trained Al Qaeda.
That's the focus of the whole anti-Islam and anti-Pakistan forces who would build their narrative upon this. Go and watch some of the Indians news channels, they couldn't be happier. And don't dismiss this as India doesn't matter.
A smart person would've either kept silent or said something like Pakistan trained Mujahideen with CIA and then they became terrorists. As far as OBL is concerned, i don't know. He feigned ignorance to OBL commission report anyway, should've feigned ignorance to everything.
I don't know if this was intentional or just his plain stupidity, neither is surprising and unexpected of him.
What hurts is this will haunt Muslims as if we don't have enough accusations thrown against us already.