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arrow-up124arrow-down1external-linkUS arms advantage over Russia and China threatens stability, experts warnwww.theguardian.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 days agomessage-square27fedilink
minus-squareRubberDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoThe Taliban harbored bin Laden, who used it as a training base openly. After 9/11 that couldn’t stand.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoSure, and that accounts for the first decade, however questionably.
minus-squareRubberDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoThe point was America started the war for self interest. The whole ordeal was an exercise in paying heaps of money to defense contractors. There was no clue what victory looked like. They should have just up and left after vin laden was killed.
The Taliban harbored bin Laden, who used it as a training base openly. After 9/11 that couldn’t stand.
Sure, and that accounts for the first decade, however questionably.
The point was America started the war for self interest. The whole ordeal was an exercise in paying heaps of money to defense contractors. There was no clue what victory looked like. They should have just up and left after vin laden was killed.