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Taliban's Massively Successful Opium Eradication Raises Questions About What US Was Doing All Along (www.mintpressnews.com)

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[–] Madbrad200@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think it comes down to the US being tolerant because winning hearts and minds was more important than destroying Opium. The Taliban has no such qualms.

Worth noting however than this source is questionable and probably shouldn't be used https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/mint-press-news/

[–] mim@lemmy.sdf.org 19 points 1 year ago

Tankie propaganda on lemmy?

I'm shocked. /s