well, they might if they were convinced that they were fighting for islam
first against the godless communists
now against the godless western occupiers
haven't various religious organizations worked with the military before?
also, i don't think the ISI funds madrassas in the first place. for this, there are the saudis and in the past, the americans too.
am i way off here? it is really difficult if not impossible for an outsider to get a clear picture of what is going on in pakistan or afghanistan (aside from the fact that there are many different things all going on at once). even talking to people from these areas, naturally you get different stories depending on the individuals you talk to.
i think a lot of people knew that this was an absurd allegation - just another one of bush's pretenses leading up to the invasion of iraq: one week it was WMD's, next week it was 9/11 and the next week it was "freedom and democracy" - it was really pretty transparent.
