"There wasn't a major power supplying the Afghans, they just had the will to fight" is the spiciest take especially in relation to Ukraine and his promotion of weapons shipments there

  • effervescent [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    This is accurate, but I do actually believe that Beau was talking about the US occupation. It’s the war that his audience would be most familiar with (largely American and skews younger) and it’s also the time period where the US was decidedly not giving aid to the Taliban or any of their precedents

    • riley
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      1 year ago

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    • sagarmatha [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      I don't know since the russian occupation parallel seems like a possibility too, anyways no one knew what ISI was doing from 2001 onwards but i'd argue it's definitely possible that some shit was sent to Afghanistan after the actual invasion itself (and the mass murder of pows let's not forget that part)