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Taliban's Massively Successful Opium Eradication Raises Questions About What US Was Doing All Along
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This is one of the dumbest articles I ever read. The entire government changed. Taliban can be dictators. The US couldn't. On top of this, they essentially had two years to switch to wheat before this occurred. Something that was less economically feasible over two years ago due to an unfortunate food shortage in the area now.
Asking why someone couldn't get something done as quickly as a dictator is something a naive child asks.
Somebody else pointed out MintPress is tankie bullshit.
These scum are everywhere on lemmy.ml, I swear.
What facts does that change. Do you have a seperate non-tankie source that says the US did everything it could to stop opium production? It's quite clear letting it go on suited them.
You are the one implying we should ignore the points in the article because of its source.
They grabbed all the oil and couldn't even try to kill the opium industry. They fucked the whole country, bailed on it and let it go to crazies, and it's THOSE crazies that finally do the right thing. And all it took was a couple of sticks,what a joke.
The US military complex is fucking disgusting and shits all over wherever it decides to raid next. But I guess any reason to bootlick is a good one. Pathetic.
Jaded is a great handle for you.
Moron was taken
Ah yes, establishing a democratic country by pillaging it's resources, letting the drug industry grow and then giving the whole country wrapped up in a bow to the Taliban. At least your country's propaganda budget isn't money wasted.
I'm not praising the Taliban, a group btw built by the US. I'm saying if they managed to so easily destroy the opium industry, there is no reason the US couldn't on their "peace keeping" mission. Except there is a reason, and knowing the CIAs track record, it's easy to guess what it is.
But keep drinking the Kool aid. "America number one. It's not called pillaging if we are bringing democracy to savages. Our guns only shoot rainbows and we only bomb civi city centers when they deserve it."
I guess all logic goes out the window if you can utter the word tankie just like in the 70s when you could ignore a person points by screaming commie. Not like that word is being instilled in you specifically so you can blindly follow your leaders. I bet you don't even know just how far down your face is bent.
I heard Bill Barr made a lot of progress on Unitary Executive Theory while running the DOJ.
Maybe I'm just not clear on the specifics, but what if anything is the difference between a Unitary Executive and a dictator?