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Can’t put my finger on why that backing seems dubious. Didn’t I read about a smackdown somewhere recently done by some ragtag dudes with Kalashnikovs? Talibsome

• post_from_work 5y ago
  You mean the country where half the population might starve this winter because the only money they have is frozen in our banks? https://acaa.org.uk/blog/frozen-assets-and-freezing-temperatures-afghanistan-faces-a-starving-winter/ https://acaa.org.uk/blog/frozen-assets-and-freezing-temperat... The threat of devastation works better on countries that aren't already completely devastated by decades of internecine conflict anyway. It also works better against the non-theocratic adversaries that are legitimately concerned for their own corporeal wellbeing (Qaddafi, Saddam, KJU, Assad).