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NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

Taliban's Massively Successful Opium Eradication Raises Questions About What US Was Doing All Along

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Taliban's Massively Successful Opium Eradication Raises Questions About What US Was Doing All Along

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NightOwl@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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Imperialism and illicit drugs commonly go together. However, with Taliban opium eradication efforts in full effect, heroin is in short supply, and experts fear that a new fentanyl crisis could be brewing in the US.
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    Lol, winning hearts and minds by protecting child rapists

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      Average soldier wanted to deal with that. It was high command keeping that shit going because they wanted to keep tribal leaders happy.

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        That’s even worse? Your senior officers are supposed to be the ones doing the right thing.

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          No no you see the rank and file totally wanted to stop all that child SA, but alas they simply had to follow orders

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            “Just following orders” I say at my trial, confident no one has used this argument before

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        Lmao, how can you justify this shit? Do you really think American was actually trying to win hearts and minds when even you admit high command was protecting child rapists?

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