The US trained the Mujaheddin, not Al-Queda, yes it was made up of the same people, including Osama. But, the US had less intelligence networking in the Mid east at that time and the Mujaheddin were fighting back against the Russian Army, so it was made out to seem like the right thing to do. I don't believe we should have, but now we are trying to deal with our own mistake.
Also the middle eastern countries may have been "stable" under dictatorships, but the people were oppressed, Iraqis were getting slaughtered by their own government. Syrians faced the same thing from the Government in Damascus. Libya was never safe, it was always on the verge of revolution so I don't know your facts there.
I think that capital punishment for those "journalists" was wrong idea. They should be flogged (it's not possible in France at this moment) or put in prison. But. In some places in France, the UK, Germany sharia law is accepted. Even German courts sentence criminals to different punishments if they were acting as sharia law says (for example - for "honor killing" Muslims go to prison for less years). It's accepted also in Paris. So this murder was bad but it was still legal.
Really? you think they should have been flogged for exercising their rights guaranteed to them in the French constitution? I see that you are merely no better than most of the mold able minds being slowly turned to the Sharia way of thinking. The European Governments should never have allowed sharia law to be established for the Muslims, it sets a precedent. They live in France, Germany, The UK, etc. They need to follow those countries rules, not their own, if they do not like it they are welcome to return to their home country, or their parents home country.