‘By arming Islamic rebels in the 80s the US liberated Afghanistan for democracy and freedom!’ - Said no serious person ever Neocons are such a joke We have so many of their bloody messes to clean up
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Ok, here’s my quibble. Would AQ (not the Taliban) had risen to influence and operational strength from Gulf State intelligence agencies had we not greatly expanded our foreign policy aims in the Gulf after the Persian Gulf War? I maintain that they would not.
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Sure that’s also part of the neocon story. AQ/Bin Laden and the Taliban both trace their militant roots and combat experience back to the mujahideen and the Soviet-Afghan Warpic.twitter.com/gdctVZZ0ae
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