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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Still amazing to me that the Mujahadeen were the good guys in a Rambo movie.

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

US in the 1970/80s were very deluded by thinking that "whoever we support == good guys", no matter what they do. Huge foreign policy fail, and the reason they lost many potential allies.
And the reason Henry Kissinger had a website celebrating his death.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 18 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And a reason Henry Kissinger had a website celebrating his death.

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

Yeah that list is definitely more than one bullet point

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Why is that surprising?