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  • From an article dated last year:

    “This is false. USAID never intended to support opium poppy cultivation or the Taliban, and in fact the United States sought to stem it. The White House cites a right-wing news site’s account of a 2018 report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) — whom President Donald Trump recently fired — that found that USAID efforts to fund alternative development projects during the George W. Bush administration (2005 to 2008) had failed. The Taliban before 2001 had successfully banned poppy cultivation, but the U.S. invasion led to a power vacuum that was exploited by poppy growers. USAID was the lead U.S. agency for implementing alternative development projects, modeled after a more successful effort in Colombia, but the report documented how conflicts among agencies and with allies hampered the effort. It’s a stretch to now, years later, accuse USAID of helping the Taliban.”

    Also, before you come at me for posting a WaPo link, the author of that Yahoo article is a hardline Libertarian and right wing weirdo. He’s literally an editor of Reason Magazine. So, I’ll take the WaPo article over him just about any day of the week.












  • That might be one of the dumbest things I’ve read in a while…

    Edit: Ok, I can already see the downvotes coming, but seriously, think about what OP is saying. Openly hoping for WW3. Getting Russia involved against the US, while already weakened by their war on Ukraine, is just the opportunity that the US military meat grinder wants to justify action against Russia. You can condemn the actions of the US and Russia in the same sentence. You don’t have to choose a side here. Saying “I’m glad Russia is attacking the US” isn’t a great stance to have in the current climate. Makes you sound like a warmongering idiot, regardless of how much you dislike anyone involved.