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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

lmao, no it doesn’t. the US didn’t go to Afghanistan to eradicate opium. the US didn’t give a shit about it at all, lmao.

do tankies so blindly hate the US that they’ll give the Taliban a bj just to try to make the US look bad? wow...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War is a summary of the Washington Post's reporting on Afghanistan, specifically on the US government's own internal assessments from all levels of the military and political administration. In it, you'll find this quote:

Of all the failures in Afghanistan, the war on opium ranked among the most feckless. During two decades, the United States spent more than $9 billion on a dizzying array of programs to deter Afghanistan from supplying the world with heroin. None of the measures worked. In many cases, they made things worse.

The US doesn't need "tankies" or anyone else to make themselves look bad as far as the Afghan drug trade goes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

lmao, so? we get it. you hate the US. what’s your point? just to come here and whine about it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ha you were conclusively proven wrong and didn't even blink. A brain so smooth no facts can get stuck on it.

spoilerPost another 🤓 "I was on the debate team" graphic, that's how discussions work

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Ha you were conclusively proven wrong and didn’t even blink

oh, you mean here?

the US didn’t give a shit about it at all

ya got me there. they did care. still doesn’t prove that it’s why the US was there, and, in fact, several of the linked sources directly state to the contrary against claims that it was.

too bad it’s meaningless and - like always - you’re wrong. lmao

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Lol so you initially ignore being wrong, then acknowledge you were wrong somewhere else, then say "well that was meaningless" when you go back to claim you were adult enough to say you missed on that one? ...What?

Go back to reddit if you're going to be a debatelord

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m unimpressed by your self-portrait

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

We also didn't threaten to kill the farmers for growing it. No shit the Taliban was successful. Comply or die. They're the ones who were profiting from it anyway. Now that they're in charge again, religion trumps financial needs.