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Taliban's Massively Successful Opium Eradication Raises Questions About What US Was Doing All Along (www.mintpressnews.com)

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think it comes down to the US being tolerant because winning hearts and minds was more important than destroying Opium. The Taliban has no such qualms.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

Tankie propaganda on lemmy?

I'm shocked. /s