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[–] Squizzy 3 points 6 months ago (9 children)

The US has caused this shit, why don't you guys fuck off and stay out of conflict...just for like a week and see how it goes.

[–] CAVOK 7 points 6 months ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 38 points 6 months ago (3 children)

During the cold war, the US armed and supported radical islamist factions called mujihadeen because they were opposed to the communists. This didn't help, but ofc there were other factors. When the US began its wars in the middle east in earnest, they killed a lot of people including civilians. As a consequence, they were probably the most effective recruiters for radical islam (when a foreign government kills your friends or family, you'd feel positively incluned towards fundamentalist groups fighting them too). Throughout the iraq war and the related conflicts analysts warned that us intervention was fuelling islamic terror. I was under the impression that by now this was common knowledge.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

I recommend the book "Charlie Wilson's War" for those who want some insight into the funding of the Mujahideen.

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