For the most part, you can believe your version of the history but we did NOT create the Taliban. There was an insurgency fighting the soviet occupation that we supported and helped provide arms to. After the soviets were basically driven out of Afghanistan, a few separate groups became the Taliban and rose to power in the country. Another collection of groups became Al Qaeda, led by Osama Bin Laden. Since the US government stopped supporting the insurgents, mainly the democrats, Osama Bin Laden became angry with the US, resulting in the actions all of us are familiar with. But I do agree with your overall assessment that we help create a vacuum that allows chaos to take root.