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The public wanted it and will not hold itself accountable https://news.gallup.com/poll/9994/public-opinion-war-afghanistan.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/99

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• ren_engineer 5y ago
  the public was brainwashed and outright fed misinformation by the government who wanted to invade sounds like victim blaming the public
  • hindsightbias 5y ago
    > victim What an interesting word for a bloodthirsty mob. I’m sure the real victims, the Afghans, appreciate that you have no agency.
    • ren_engineer 5y ago
      the alternative would be US citizens placing no trust in the media or US government, because they became a "blood thirsty mob" under their influence. people wonder why today so many people are skeptical when it comes to the pandemic and anything else the government says, the government constantly lying to them is the primary cause