Why did the mujahedeen receive US support even though they were against some American ideals? The mujahedeen wanted to establish an Afghan democracy.

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This concept of fate became the new meaning of "ming." so the idea of "tian ming," the mandate of heaven, was first used by the kings of the  zhou dynasty,  who  justified their overthrow of the shang by saying that heaven had punished the shang for immorality and transferred its favor to the  zhou.