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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

i mean afghani society was better off before the us swooped in to destroy it after the soviet era

can’t have all that progress around that much oil

The US swooped in to destroy Afghanistan after the Soviet era.

Afghanistan having strategic value because of oil.

Jesus Christ.

And people wonder why I don't treat tankie history takes seriously.

EDIT: No, no, please, downvoters, inform me as to the history of Afghanistan's booming oil industry.

[–] mamotromico@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No, no, please, downvoters, inform me as to the history of Afghanistan’s booming oil industry.

No one said it was due to a booming oil industry, but it was because of oil, I'm not sure how you're not aware of this.

Reporting at the time: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/23/afghanistan.terrorism11

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world -2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)
[–] mamotromico@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

The article doesn’t really dismiss the argument even if the initial paragraphs make it seem like it, it just concludes that it seems unlikely to reach a point where the US could leverage the influence on a future local government, which is true but does not exclude/invalidate the previous proposition

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml -4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

oh yeah the us destroyed the middle east and former socialist countries for democracy, my bad.

[–] ieatpillowtags@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

So you’re doubling down on oil in Afghanistan?

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

reread the post you are responding to

[–] nonailsleft@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well, how else could the Taliban have made so much societal progress?

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

those terrorist organizations are usually funded by the us....