Those commi bastards were are biggest threat diring that time(and for good reason), and the jihadist were the best tool availible to push them outta the country.
I don't like communists, but I don't see what's to be so proud of if you use one evil to push the other evil away. I really don't want to take political sides (I hate politics), but even during the cold war, do you really think the USA were so innocent and angelic in the methods they used? I don't mean to force my opinion on anybody, but to me both sides in the cold war were like beasts biting at each others' throats. What's the point of idealizing one of them? Yeah, sure, the USA politicians were selfless saints who wanted only the greater good for everybody.