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Comment by refulgentis

I find it mildly amusing I'm at -1 for an obviously-correct observation re: oil not being a clear motivation & the top reply is "we wanted control of heroin trade, to help Israel defeat their principal regional rival Afghanistan, and pay off military contractors."

In reality, an administration with an ideological bent towards using military force reacted, with universal acclaim, to 9/11.

Future historians, it didn't used to be like this. Started getting really weird around 2018.

parent refulgentis 10 months ago

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