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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] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You selectively picked an activity that American soldiers would do everywhere (peeing) over something they did only in Afghanistan (guarding opium fields) only because it would support your argument.

nope, just an example. you’re not very good at this

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Terrible argument. Textbook case of:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

whatever you have to tell yourself to sleep at night.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He actually never said he needed that to sleep at night. Textbook case of a strawman argument. You can do better.

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

I wasn’t making an argument, just a dismissal