• Fazoo@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

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

    • silent_water [she/her]
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      1 year ago

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

      • Fazoo@lemmy.ml
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        edit-2
        1 year ago

        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

        • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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          1 year 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.

      • Fazoo@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

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

        • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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          1 year ago

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

          • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]
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            1 year ago

            No no you see the rank and file totally wanted to stop all that child SA, but alas they simply had to follow orders

            • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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              1 year ago

              "Just following orders" I say at my trial, confident no one has used this argument before

        • StalinwasaGryffindor [he/him, comrade/them]
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          1 year ago

          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?