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Foreign wars are used to launder money not stop drugs, Opium production in Afghanistan increased during US occupation, if the actual goal was to stop drug produ
by cjbgkagh 1y ago
Foreign wars are used to launder money not stop drugs, Opium production in Afghanistan increased during US occupation, if the actual goal was to stop drug production it would be more effective to put the Taliban in charge of Venezuela.
I see this conflict as the impotent rage of a dying empire.
The invasion of Panama to overthrow a CIA backed dictatorship was needlessly over the top because of concerns that the US had lost its mojo after Vietnam and was seen as a chance to test out a bunch of Reagan's new weapons.
- woleium 1y agoOpium production in Afghanistan more closely tracked the cost of solar to pump water up the hill to grow poppies than any us influence
- dingaling 1y ago> was seen as a chance to test out a bunch of Reagan's new weapons. The F-117, the wonder-weapon of Panama, was funded by the Carter Administration. As was the B-2.
- cjbgkagh 1y agoI was thinking more new to combat not new to Reagan, although if Carter buys it and Reagan uses it wouldn't that still be new to Reagan.
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- mmooss 1y agoI don't think either was used until George HW Bush.
- mmooss 1y agoThey were funded by multiple administrations and Congresses for decades.