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Taliban's Massively Successful Opium Eradication Raises Questions About What US Was Doing All Along (www.mintpressnews.com)
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[–] 1 point 3 years ago (3 children)

Financed their war effort. We valued the whole hearts and minds over destroying farmers livelihood.

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  • [–] 41 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    winning the hearts and minds of the people we brutally conquered and ruled over for 20 years

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    Quite a few would disagree with that view, giving how many fled their own country when the Taliban took over again. But hey, don't let that narrative ruin your perspective. Lol

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  • [–] 39 points 3 years ago

    Of course people who cooperate with occupiers usually want out when the occupation ends. They don't want to face the consequences of selling out their country.

    And of course "when people leave a Bad Country it's for political reasons, when they leave a Good Country it's for economic reasons" applies.

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  • [–] 39 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Lol, winning hearts and minds by protecting child rapists

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  • [–] -2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Average soldier wanted to deal with that. It was high command keeping that shit going because they wanted to keep tribal leaders happy.

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  • [–] 40 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    That's even worse? Your senior officers are supposed to be the ones doing the right thing.

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