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> The United States went to war in Afghanistan in 2003 under false pretenses. I hardly call 2,000 dead Americans, and an attack on American soil "false pretens
by bluejekyll 10y ago
> The United States went to war in Afghanistan in 2003 under false pretenses.
I hardly call 2,000 dead Americans, and an attack on American soil "false pretenses".
If you want to claim that it was misguided to perform a full scale invasion vs. targeted special ops missions, that is a more interesting argument.
Now, the war in Iraq on the other hand, that was false pretenses...
- RodericDay 10y agoYou are absolutely right, that was a particularly unfortunate mix-up. I was thinking about how animosity towards Afghanistan was skillfully employed to justify invading Iraq, and in the process mixed myself up.
- celticninja 10y agoWell it was false pretenses in that not one of the attackers was from Afghanistan not were there any proven links between the attackers and Afghanistan other than Osama being assumed to be the mastermind and residing in Afghanistan at the time.
- 7952 10y agoAt this point I am not sure if the justness of the argument makes much difference. When you make world changing decisions you have to accept that you will be judged by history, and not on the terms that you decide.
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