• NightOwl@lemm.eeOP
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    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.

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        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

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          Ha you were conclusively proven wrong and didn’t even blink

          oh, you mean here?

          the US didn’t give a shit about it at all

          ya got me there. they did care. still doesn’t prove that it’s why the US was there, and, in fact, several of the linked sources directly state to the contrary against claims that it was.

          too bad it’s meaningless and - like always - you’re wrong. lmao

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            Lol so you initially ignore being wrong, then acknowledge you were wrong somewhere else, then say “well that was meaningless” when you go back to claim you were adult enough to say you missed on that one? …What?

            Go back to reddit if you’re going to be a debatelord