• Fazoo
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    841 year ago

    We also didn’t threaten to kill the farmers for growing it. No shit the Taliban was successful. Comply or die. They’re the ones who were profiting from it anyway. Now that they’re in charge again, religion trumps financial needs.

    • CamaradeBoina [comrade/them, any]
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      531 year ago

      I’m pretty sure the Talibans (not to defend them, mind you), were already cracking down on poppy farming before 9/11 and the subsequent decade long war.

      So how were they benefitting? Or do you mean to say the US and allied forces allowed mass poppy crop farming that was then utilized by the Taliban to fund itself? You know there is an alternative hypothesis: the US and other occupation allied forces tolerated poppy farming to pacify and win over tribal chiefs and keep corrupt Afghan officials squarely on their side. Maybe both were happening, who is to say.

      • Fazoo
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        51 year ago

        Financed their war effort. We valued the whole hearts and minds over destroying farmers livelihood.

          • Fazoo
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            1 year ago

            Quite a few would disagree with that view, giving how many fled their own country when the Taliban took over again. But hey, don’t let that narrative ruin your perspective. Lol

            • 420blazeit69 [he/him]
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              411 year ago

              Of course people who cooperate with occupiers usually want out when the occupation ends. They don’t want to face the consequences of selling out their country.

              And of course “when people leave a Bad Country it’s for political reasons, when they leave a Good Country it’s for economic reasons” applies.

          • Fazoo
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            21 year ago

            Average soldier wanted to deal with that. It was high command keeping that shit going because they wanted to keep tribal leaders happy.