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[–] 13esq@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And the Americans used to be on the side of the Taliban when it suited them in a proxy war with Russia.

The point I'm making is that most people want a quiet and happy life. I know that dehumanising the enemy is a natural part of war, but try to be mindful of that and leave civilians out of it.

[–] PugJesus@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And the Americans used to be on the side of the Taliban when it suited them in a proxy war with Russia.

The Mujahideen of the 80s weren't the Taliban. The Mujahideen-led government of the early 90s was quite explicitly attacked and overthrown by the Taliban, and reformed into the anti-Taliban Northern Alliance, which still existed by the time of our intervention in Afghanistan in 2001.