Imperialism and illicit drugs commonly go together. However, with Taliban opium eradication efforts in full effect, heroin is in short supply, and experts fear that a new fentanyl crisis could be brewing in the US.
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.
No, I'm mocking you because I don't respect you. Why should anyone take you seriously when your only response to any sort of citation is to pretend not to know how to read and post Reddit-tier debate bro buzzwords that you clearly don't understand the meaning of. It's hilarious.
ding ding ding!
we got an association fallacy, just because you think 1 responder is a troll doesn't mean they're all trolls, you didn't prove that, you just used a fallacy
ding ding ding! we got an association fallacy, just because you think 1 responder is a troll doesn’t mean they’re all trolls, you didn’t prove that, you just used a fallacy
just because you ignore the proof doesn’t negate it.
thats a strawman, you're strawmanning your opponent by pretending that they have no real argument even though you've seen their argument and ignored it.
I can copy and paste a response to every comment you make as well. It doesn't make you right, you just copypasta your response and move on. If that isn't a logical fallacy I don't know what is
Who said I was arguing with you, dipshit? What would the point of that be? I've seen how you act. You ignore literally everything everyone says and post clippings from a high school textbook you clearly never read and don't understand.
And what the fuck would I be making an argument about in the first place? You aren't talking about anything. Shame on my comrades for engaging with you for anything other than to bully your ass for being a blight on the conversation other people are having around you.
and your childish tantrums and name-calling don’t impress me, nor does your bullying. all it tells me is that you’re so afraid of losing an argument to a stranger on the internet, it drives you into a blind rage.
that’s how much control you give to strangers because you have no control over yourself.
Are you a fucking smurf? Do you have blue fucking skin?
Do you read the completely different words 'reply' and 'argue' and just hear "smurf smurf smurf!" in your head? You understand different words convey different meanings, right?
It's funny as an insult because it reflects both how you used bots to give yourself upvotes (you also post on them with those fallacy notecards of yours, don't think it hasn't been noticed) and how you can't tell the difference between words.
By calling you a smurf I'm saying you're both a fucking idiot and a pathetic loser who needs other people to think you're getting social validation but are faking it and are receiving none.
If someone said that shit about me I'd be very upset, but I guess it's just incorporated into your self image so fundamentally it doesn't even register as an insult. That's fucking sad lol.
I hope you're short irl too so it hits on three levels.
Yeah really funny how all your posts appeared with exactly five upvotes and after that no one upvoted them afterwards.
you’re saying you’re child who can’t argue a point and can only deal with heir anger with name-calling.
Again, you fucking moron, from the very beginning I said I had no intention of arguing with you and that you didn't have any points to argue with in the first place. Am I wrong? Do you have a point?
Lol if anything it would have been post hoc ergo propter hoc
well, you’re the pro at wielding local fallacies. nice telling on yourself, btw.
You’re bad at doing your own bit lol
I just got you to confess to the trolling you’ve been denying, so… obviously not, lmao
Lmao how the fuck would I know?
you pretend to know lots of things about me. why would you stop making stuff up now? if you can’t even make sense out of your own argument, how do you expect it to make sense to anyone else? LOLOLOL
Neutral. Your core personality trait is just something I learned in school. Except I didn't fetishize it as being a way to argue itself. And I actually paid attention in class.
All the times you said something was invalid because of this or that logical fallacy.
Two is sufficient.
WE'RE not arguing because I'm not arguing. YOU however have made many arguments, just only over petty in the moment interactions without any larger subject or point you were trying to make.
Wanna go back and count the number of times I pointed out you never made a point to argue about and tell you how many times you've proven me right so far
I appreciate your sympathy but if you're cognizant of my mental deficiencies it would be good of you to accomodate them if you're planning on continuing this conversation.
To wit I need an answer please.
Literally just tell me what you think we're talking about. Come on. You can do it. Don't be scared. Nice and slow.
The point @AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net was making is that you have no value as a poster. Your words are meaningless because you are not even trying to say anything you are just trying to be antagonistic.
To him your only purpose in existence is to be used as a speed ball for anyone with a brain to show how many times they can smack your ugly mug. Your only virtue is your ignorance as it makes you keep coming back for more.
He just got a free workout at the dunking gym. He didn't brake a sweat pummelling your thick leathery brain. He is using you to make himself look like a golden god of shitposting by measuring himself against you. (though his endurance is pretty impressive) If you had any redeemable qualities I'd feel his continued dunking was a bit mean and I'd pity you but you are beyond pity to the point of farce. You seem too pathetic to exist and yet you do. Its a marvel that makes me laugh.
no. I was kinda amused but you are boring now. I think I've proven @antioutsideaktion is where the humor comes from and that you are useless except as a prop in the hands of a master. I leave it to him.
Do you think quoting someone smarter than you is going to make your arguments better? That's actually adorable. And usually you'd be right! But you're running into the same problem as the fallacy flash cards, dummy. You have to read the words first to know what it says.
You know we are leftists here. You can just say you are into your wife sleeping with other men. We respect a diversity of lifestyles. You don't have to do the whiskey overcompensation persona thing here. We can accept and respect who you are.
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.
I'm pretty sure the Talibans (not to defend them, mind you), were already cracking down on poppy farming before 9/11 and the subsequent decade long war.
So how were they benefitting? Or do you mean to say the US and allied forces allowed mass poppy crop farming that was then utilized by the Taliban to fund itself?
You know there is an alternative hypothesis: the US and other occupation allied forces tolerated poppy farming to pacify and win over tribal chiefs and keep corrupt Afghan officials squarely on their side. Maybe both were happening, who is to say.
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
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.
Lmao, how can you justify this shit? Do you really think American was actually trying to win hearts and minds when even you admit high command was protecting child rapists?
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...
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:
The US doesn't need "tankies" or anyone else to make themselves look bad as far as the Afghan drug trade goes.
lmao, so? we get it. you hate the US. what’s your point? just to come here and whine about it?
Ha you were conclusively proven wrong and didn't even blink. A brain so smooth no facts can get stuck on it.
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Post another 🤓 "I was on the debate team" graphic, that's how discussions work
I live in a US colony, so yeah I can be pretty fucking pissed about them
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are logical fallacies all you guys know?
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I saw this in another comment, I think it works here:
“nuh-uh” isn’t a convincing argument. most people learn this when they’re 5.
just because you don’t understand (or refuse to acknowledge) what I said doesn’t make me wrong or you right.
with a logical fallacy. I pointed this out
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when you have t twist my words into something other than what they meant just to score imaginary points, it’s not me who looks bad… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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you misrepresented what I said to make the argument easier to defeat.
when your unimaginative rhetorical tricks fail, you hurl insults.
"you see, I have graphics. that makes my case stronger."
I you can’t argue against “graphics”, you’re just admitting how weak your position is.
lol
"you see, I have drawn myself as the chad."
if that’s what you have to do to fell better about yourself, I promise not to judge.
you quoted the entire text of my comment, like it was unclear what part you were referring to.
sad story bro
You're complaining about hurling insults? Here's you in this thread:
Insufferable
The Reddit brain on display is amazing. My favorite part is when he uses debate terms incorrectly.
Like it's clear that he's heard people use the terms but doesn't actually understand what they mean.
I bet you find it frustrating that all of your bullshit doesn’t work.
so sad. lol
"I bet you find it frustrating that I'm too stupid to understand what you're saying"
Lol
oh, look, another troll from hexbear misquoting me. guess that’s all you know how to do ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
someone should teach you kids how to read
No, I'm mocking you because I don't respect you. Why should anyone take you seriously when your only response to any sort of citation is to pretend not to know how to read and post Reddit-tier debate bro buzzwords that you clearly don't understand the meaning of. It's hilarious.
oh, no! I don’t have the respect of an internet troll and a bully! what ever shall I do?
Bullying and trolling is when people call out your slimy bullshit lmao
not caring what internet trolls think of me = “slimy bullshit”?
if you screamed your insecurities any louder, I’d go deaf
People have been incredibly patient with you and you've done nothing but shid and fard everywhere in response.
oh, how nice of ‘everyone” to dedicate hours upon hours trolling me. I feel special to have kept them from trolling anyone else.
thanks for saying out loud how much control I have over you. all of you.
Where are these trolls, are they in the room with you right now? Is everyone that refutes your dumb ass a troll?
and here’s the name-calling again. did something I say make you mad again? :(
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no thanks
just because you ignore the proof doesn’t negate it.
🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 The fallacy police are on their way, you really did it now
are they… are the “fallacy police" in the room with you now?
lol
YOUR APPLICATION TO JOIN THE FALLACY POLICE HAS BEEN DENIED
we found that you have used too many logical fallacies in the past to properly represent our organization
do you often play pretend when you get lost?
stop trolling man, you've been brigading this hexbear post for hours, I hope we defederate from your instance
this post in on lemmy.ml on the community !worldnews.
you ARE lost, lol
PLEASE DO
words mean what I say they mean, stop moving the goalposts
so much brigading from these lemmy.ml users.
they really are The_Donald of lemmy
aww, there ya go, blaming others for things you did to yourself.
cute
Loaded Question.
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you’re welcome to try to prove that
You made the argument, the burden of proof is on you. Stop trying to make other people do your work for you
what argument? you seem lost. and mad.
do you have dementia? should we call your next of kin or something?
yeah, you’re definitely lost.
“I know you are but what am I?” isn’t a convincing argument. most people learn this when they’re 5.
Seems to be working pretty well, bauhaus.
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you are now strawmanning to avoid engaging with the subject at hand
“I know you are but what am I” isn’t a convincing argument. most people learn this when they’re 5.
I can copy and paste a response to every comment you make as well. It doesn't make you right, you just copypasta your response and move on. If that isn't a logical fallacy I don't know what is
congratulations on discovering copy/paste?
let me know when you discover a rational argument based on fact that’s actually relevant to the discussion.
Invoking the concept of a strawman when someone says you're not paying attention
That's just plain fucking stupid.
your hurt feelings don’t make much of an argument.
Who said I was arguing with you, dipshit? What would the point of that be? I've seen how you act. You ignore literally everything everyone says and post clippings from a high school textbook you clearly never read and don't understand.
And what the fuck would I be making an argument about in the first place? You aren't talking about anything. Shame on my comrades for engaging with you for anything other than to bully your ass for being a blight on the conversation other people are having around you.
you replied to my comment. are you lost? lol
and your childish tantrums and name-calling don’t impress me, nor does your bullying. all it tells me is that you’re so afraid of losing an argument to a stranger on the internet, it drives you into a blind rage.
that’s how much control you give to strangers because you have no control over yourself.
Are you a fucking smurf? Do you have blue fucking skin?
Do you read the completely different words 'reply' and 'argue' and just hear "smurf smurf smurf!" in your head? You understand different words convey different meanings, right?
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You said someone used a strawman argument when they said you didn't pay attention to what they told you.
Speaking of tantrums. Speaking of looking like a fool.
congratulations on learning to read, but that doesn’t explain anything.
yeah… that still doesn’t explain why you did those things….
It does, the message simply went over your head because you don't understand the concept of a strawman.
You may be shocked to find that those cool drawings you've been posting have words on them. Maybe you should learn to read too!
it’s sad that you have to keep telling yourself that, despite zero facts to support it.
What part am I telling myself and from when was it repeated?
Have some more pride in your trolling, you fucking loser. You're sleep walking here. Up your game.
Sleepy Smurf.
Ben Smurfpiro
Get it? He's short.
Gottem.
“I know you are but wha am I?” isn’t a convincing argument. most people learn this when they’re 5.
smurf smurf smurf smurf!
someone’s bot needs a reboot
All four of them. Your post only shows up with 1 vote on it.
oh, it got rebooted!
numbers seem to confuse it, tho
Is this new tactic of putting emotional distance between yourself and this interaction helping you feel less upset?
is that how your mind works? yikes!
Lol dumped it quick I see
dumped what? your coping mechanism?
lmao
I'm talking about you speaking as if you're observing the interaction from far away, no longer addressing yourself to me.
Elaborate on what you were talking about, please. What coping mechanism am I using?
sounds convoluted. do you do that often to cope with feelings and situations you have difficulty processing?
https://hexbear.net/comment/3747773
no thanks.
aww, mad troll calling names :(
lol
This reply is funny because it implies you were fine being called a smurf.
it’s funny you think that’s an insult.
so cute!
It's funny as an insult because it reflects both how you used bots to give yourself upvotes (you also post on them with those fallacy notecards of yours, don't think it hasn't been noticed) and how you can't tell the difference between words.
By calling you a smurf I'm saying you're both a fucking idiot and a pathetic loser who needs other people to think you're getting social validation but are faking it and are receiving none.
If someone said that shit about me I'd be very upset, but I guess it's just incorporated into your self image so fundamentally it doesn't even register as an insult. That's fucking sad lol.
I hope you're short irl too so it hits on three levels.
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Yeah really funny how all your posts appeared with exactly five upvotes and after that no one upvoted them afterwards.
Again, you fucking moron, from the very beginning I said I had no intention of arguing with you and that you didn't have any points to argue with in the first place. Am I wrong? Do you have a point?
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No points rattling in your head confirmed.
Literally the second you got called on it.
Oh my god you think you're a badass doing this. Holy shit that's fucking hilarious.
called it
why would I? just because it’s what you think doesn’t mean it’s what normal people think.
I think you enjoy being this angry or you wouldn’t even be here trolling. why else would you torture yourself like this?
Lol if anything it would have been post hoc ergo propter hoc
You're bad at doing your own bit lol
Lmao how the fuck would I know?
well, you’re the pro at wielding local fallacies. nice telling on yourself, btw.
I just got you to confess to the trolling you’ve been denying, so… obviously not, lmao
you pretend to know lots of things about me. why would you stop making stuff up now? if you can’t even make sense out of your own argument, how do you expect it to make sense to anyone else? LOLOLOL
I'm not a pro I'm just not some sophomoric idiot that uses them as yugioh cards without reading them.
good for you?
Neutral. Your core personality trait is just something I learned in school. Except I didn't fetishize it as being a way to argue itself. And I actually paid attention in class.
more insults because you can’t argue facts.
we learned about that in school, too.
When did I insult you just now? What makes you think I can't argue facts?
[gestures widely a everything]
Answer the question? Hello?
aww, you don’t like the answer you got?
maybe spend another six hours trolling me and see if I give you a different one.
lol you're the one who said you had a problem with me. I ask you what the problem is and you act this way?
So don't fucking act all wounded next time
prove it
aww, mad boi has to use swear words and insults because he can’t process his rage in a healthy way
lol ok "I don't have a problem with you" guy
admitting your problem is the first step
First step to what?
Answer please.
lol ok
That's not a very effective argument
you said this wasn’t an argument, lmao. you’re confused again
That's right. I'm not arguing. But what you said isn't a very convincing argument.
how can I make an argument if we’re not arguing?
The premise that I was making bad arguments.
All the times you said something was invalid because of this or that logical fallacy.
Two is sufficient.
WE'RE not arguing because I'm not arguing. YOU however have made many arguments, just only over petty in the moment interactions without any larger subject or point you were trying to make.
At least how I tell it. Do you have a point?
Answer please.
lol, it’s funny when you try to untangle your own mental gymnastics
don’t hurt yourself1
Oh cool! A new premise you've introduced!
What mental gymnastics?
Answer please.
how can I make an argument if we’re not arguing?
Is this the first time you've encountered a word with more than one definition? You don't have to answer that one.
An argument can be an interaction between two people. That's what we're not having because I'm not joining in one.
An argument can also be a premise with or without supporting evidence or explanation. You've done a few of those.
says the troll.
after six hours of trolling, you’re just getting madder and madder.
why keep doing this to yourself?
Well that time I did it to explain to you that it's not "mental gymnastics" it's just knowing two whole definitions of the word 'argument'.
Why do you project anger onto someone taking the time to explain themselves to you?
Answer please.
says the troll.
after six hours of trolling, you’re just getting madder and madder.
why keep doing this to yourself?
Can you do me a favor and post that picture you have of the circular reasoning fallacy?
Thanks sweaty
gross
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Use words, dummy. That's been your problem from the beginning. You can't articulate a fucking point to save your life.
says the guy who hurls insults and swear words and trolls for hours and hours.
lol
Wanna go back and count the number of times I pointed out you never made a point to argue about and tell you how many times you've proven me right so far
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A rational argument about what? What was the point of yours I was supposed to be arguing about?
lol
you tell me. you’re the one who’s wasted the last 6 hours trolling me
If you have a point you want to make why would I know what it is. That's the point of asking questions stupid.
Answer please.
I made it many hours ago.
Then you should be able to provide an answer, please.
I did. sorry for you troubles with reading/comprehending
I appreciate your sympathy but if you're cognizant of my mental deficiencies it would be good of you to accomodate them if you're planning on continuing this conversation.
To wit I need an answer please.
Literally just tell me what you think we're talking about. Come on. You can do it. Don't be scared. Nice and slow.
sympathy? what makes you think I have any sympathy for you? or any feelings at all?
The part where you used these words in this order:
Why do you need to have sympathy for me in order to continue this conversation productively?
Answer please.
sorry for you troubles with reading/comprehending
Yeah I wasn't going to make fun of you for the grammatical error because it's not fair to be mean to fucking idiots like you
The point @AntiOutsideAktion@hexbear.net was making is that you have no value as a poster. Your words are meaningless because you are not even trying to say anything you are just trying to be antagonistic.
To him your only purpose in existence is to be used as a speed ball for anyone with a brain to show how many times they can smack your ugly mug. Your only virtue is your ignorance as it makes you keep coming back for more.
He just got a free workout at the dunking gym. He didn't brake a sweat pummelling your thick leathery brain. He is using you to make himself look like a golden god of shitposting by measuring himself against you. (though his endurance is pretty impressive) If you had any redeemable qualities I'd feel his continued dunking was a bit mean and I'd pity you but you are beyond pity to the point of farce. You seem too pathetic to exist and yet you do. Its a marvel that makes me laugh.
This is about to get intensely sexual mark my words
says the troll
wtf
also
now I'm trolling
says the troll
I think this ones broken someone call IT.
aww, frustrated?
no. I was kinda amused but you are boring now. I think I've proven @antioutsideaktion is where the humor comes from and that you are useless except as a prop in the hands of a master. I leave it to him.
Do you think quoting someone smarter than you is going to make your arguments better? That's actually adorable. And usually you'd be right! But you're running into the same problem as the fallacy flash cards, dummy. You have to read the words first to know what it says.
aww, mad boi is hurling insults again because he can't handle his rage in a healthy way :(
Lol I love Scrappy Smurf
Do have another line for him or is that it? Other impressions?
smurfs are cute
Uncultured swine. That's Hefty Smurf. You're Tuffy* Smurf. The Scrappy Do analogue.
This one
mad boi has to hurl insults because he can't handle his rage in a healthy way :(
Haha! Yeah! That guy!
The impression only gets sharper.
aww, mad boi is hurling insults again because he can’t handle his rage in a healthy way :(
You should practice in private if you're just going to do repetition work
says the troll
Yeah?
....yeah? (breathy)
when trolling fails… flirt?
I think I just figured out why you stuck around all this time
says the troll who can’t leave after 6+ hours
Don't deny the attraction. It's firey. The conversation flows between us and the time gets lost. I feel like we found each other here.
So what exactly are you doing here? after six hours of trolling, you’re just getting madder and madder.
it’s fun to watch
sorry you’re having such trouble. try
I'm gettin in those cheeks is what I'm doing
says the troll
yeah baby time to pay the troll toll
It’s weird that you’re still asking the question you just got the answer to. Comes off a little unhinged tbh
I'm extremely aroused
says the troll.
after six hours of trolling, you’re just getting madder and madder.
why keep doing this to yourself?
Oh I see. You like it a little rough. I can play mad.
Your safeword is fallacy
says the troll.
after six hours of trolling, you’re just getting madder and madder.
why keep doing this to yourself?
Boy are you failing to read the room.
This is like a carnival for us. I'm taking screenshots.
says the troll.
after six hours of trolling, you’re just getting madder and madder.
why keep doing this to yourself?
sorry you’re having such trouble. try
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blank speech bubble?
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sorry you’re having such trouble. try
sorry you’re having such trouble. try
Ad Hominem. Burden of Proof.
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Stay down for your own good dipshit
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Ad Hominem
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Some top-tier redditoring right here.
Very epic.
you seem lost. this is lemmy. L-E-M-M-Y.
maybe write it down?
Peak 16 or 60 thing to say
I figured speaking to as if you were a teenager might bear more success in your understanding.
clearly I aimed to high.
too*
You weren't talking to me bro, check again
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says the troll
I'm saying you're acting like the worst kind of redditor.
But you already knew that.
you tried to insult me, but you failed. that’s on you, not me, lmao
Ok bauhaus
No, he succeeded
ooo, so you’re an internet psychic? tell me, what are this weekend’s Powerball numbers?
The weekends powerball numbers are:
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constipated?
try this:
maybe step it up to
sorry you’re having such trouble. try
sorry you’re having such trouble. try
sorry you’re having such trouble. try
sorry you’re having such trouble. try
sorry you’re having such trouble. try
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Your right she is a 1 in a million woman and everyone wants her. I wish she was my mom too.
Still +5 upvotes on this six hours later, huh?
Weird how the only people who find value in your comments only ever show up right when you make them.
Difference is I explicitly said I wasn't arguing. If you think you're winning an argument... what's it about?
Neither do you
You know we are leftists here. You can just say you are into your wife sleeping with other men. We respect a diversity of lifestyles. You don't have to do the whiskey overcompensation persona thing here. We can accept and respect who you are.
lmao, so? we get it. you hate learning. what’s your point? just to come here and whine about it?
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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.
I'm pretty sure the Talibans (not to defend them, mind you), were already cracking down on poppy farming before 9/11 and the subsequent decade long war.
So how were they benefitting? Or do you mean to say the US and allied forces allowed mass poppy crop farming that was then utilized by the Taliban to fund itself? You know there is an alternative hypothesis: the US and other occupation allied forces tolerated poppy farming to pacify and win over tribal chiefs and keep corrupt Afghan officials squarely on their side. Maybe both were happening, who is to say.
Financed their war effort. We valued the whole hearts and minds over destroying farmers livelihood.
winning the hearts and minds of the people we brutally conquered and ruled over for 20 years
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
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.
Lol, winning hearts and minds by protecting child rapists
Average soldier wanted to deal with that. It was high command keeping that shit going because they wanted to keep tribal leaders happy.
Lmao, how can you justify this shit? Do you really think American was actually trying to win hearts and minds when even you admit high command was protecting child rapists?
That's even worse? Your senior officers are supposed to be the ones doing the right thing.
No no you see the rank and file totally wanted to stop all that child SA, but alas they simply had to follow orders
"Just following orders" I say at my trial, confident no one has used this argument before
So are you actually in favor of US action in Afghanistan?
The US doesn't need any help looking bad
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it must be easy to say whatever you want when you don’t have to worry about facts, lol
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