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[–] whiskeypickle@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 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...

[–] NightOwl@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years 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.

[–] whiskeypickle@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

80% of worlds's opioids consumption is in USA which has 4,6% of worlds population.

That's what they are doing, waging Third Opium War on their own people.

[–] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 2 years ago

LOL. Raises questions for whom? Libs? Everyone knows what the fucking USA was doing all along. Except the libs.

NB: both USA Rs and Ds are both liberal in their political philosophy and are both subject to this critique.