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    The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War is a summary of the Washington Post’s reporting on Afghanistan, specifically on the US government’s own internal assessments from all levels of the military and political administration. In it, you’ll find this quote:

    Of all the failures in Afghanistan, the war on opium ranked among the most feckless. During two decades, the United States spent more than $9 billion on a dizzying array of programs to deter Afghanistan from supplying the world with heroin. None of the measures worked. In many cases, they made things worse.

    The US doesn’t need “tankies” or anyone else to make themselves look bad as far as the Afghan drug trade goes.

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      lmao, so? we get it. you hate the US. what’s your point? just to come here and whine about it?

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        Ha you were conclusively proven wrong and didn’t even blink. A brain so smooth no facts can get stuck on it.

        spoiler

        Post another 🤓 “I was on the debate team” graphic, that’s how discussions work

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        This flew over your head but it is heavily implied that the US’ “war on opium” was in fact a deliberate effort to subsidize opium production and transport, a policy that we have pursued for the benefit of our own state-backed terror organizations in many other countries. Regardless of all other opinions on the US and the Taliban, this is an issue that the Taliban is objectively better than us on, and saying “lol who cares” is not an argument against talking about it since obviously the people in this thread care because they’re in here talking about it.

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          This flew over your head but it is heavily implied

          are logical fallacies all you guys know?

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            That’s not the creation of a straw man, that is an accusation I’m making of you, specifically, based on the fact that your comment in no way addressed the idea. If you read my comment you’ll see that I also address your “argument” directly.

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              That’s not the creation of a straw man

              I saw this in another comment, I think it works here:

              “nuh-uh” isn’t a convincing argument. most people learn this when they’re 5.

              hat is an accusation I’m making of you, specifically, based on the fact that your comment in no way addressed the idea

              just because you don’t understand (or refuse to acknowledge) what I said doesn’t make me wrong or you right.

              If you read my comment you’ll see that I also address your “argument” directly.

              with a logical fallacy. I pointed this out

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                “nuh-uh” isn’t a convincing argument.

                lmao. Let’s review what you said that I responded to.

                lmao, so? we get it. you hate the US. what’s your point? just to come here and whine about it?

                🤡 “Why would you post world news in a world news community? Who cares?”

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                  🤡 “Why would you post world news in a world news community? Who cares?”

                  when you have t twist my words into something other than what they meant just to score imaginary points, it’s not me who looks bad… ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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                    I quoted you incredulously asking why someone would post and comment about this and then made a comical version of you incredulously asking why someone would post and comment about this. That’s not a straw man, unless you’re trying to tell me that you’re a scarecrow (because you certainly need a brain).

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                Who said I was arguing with you, dipshit? What would the point of that be? I’ve seen how you act. You ignore literally everything everyone says and post clippings from a high school textbook you clearly never read and don’t understand.

                And what the fuck would I be making an argument about in the first place? You aren’t talking about anything. Shame on my comrades for engaging with you for anything other than to bully your ass for being a blight on the conversation other people are having around you.

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                  Who said I was arguing with you, dipshit?

                  you replied to my comment. are you lost? lol

                  and your childish tantrums and name-calling don’t impress me, nor does your bullying. all it tells me is that you’re so afraid of losing an argument to a stranger on the internet, it drives you into a blind rage.

                  that’s how much control you give to strangers because you have no control over yourself.

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                    you replied to my comment. are you lost? lol

                    Are you a fucking smurf? Do you have blue fucking skin?

                    Do you read the completely different words ‘reply’ and ‘argue’ and just hear “smurf smurf smurf!” in your head? You understand different words convey different meanings, right?

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                Still +5 upvotes on this six hours later, huh?

                Weird how the only people who find value in your comments only ever show up right when you make them.

                garf-troll

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                  says the troll

                  you’ve been at this for over 6 hours…

                  it’s 3:48a on the east coast. it’s more likely those few people went to sleep than your paranoid delusion is true, even after you keep moving the goal posts.

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                    Yeah but I’ve been taking breaks and not really doing this with anyone else. I just looked at the thread again.

                    You’re replying to EEEEEVVVVVEEEERRRRRYYYYYOOOOONNNNNNEEEEE

                    Why are YOU doing this to YOUR self? It’s amazing. It’s like you have a supervisor breathing down your neck to keep you posting.

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                  Difference is I explicitly said I wasn’t arguing

                  you lied. shocking!

                  If you think you’re winning an argument… what’s it about?

                  you tell me. you’re the one who came here to troll

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                    That’s right. I came here to troll you, not argue.

                    Why do you keep acting like I’m not making good arguments when I tell you I’m not arguing in the first place?

                    Answer please.

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            You know we are leftists here. You can just say you are into your wife sleeping with other men. We respect a diversity of lifestyles. You don’t have to do the whiskey overcompensation persona thing here. We can accept and respect who you are.

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              You know we are leftists here. You can just say you are into your wife sleeping with other men. We respect a diversity of lifestyles. You don’t have to do the whiskey overcompensation persona thing here. We can accept and respect who you are.

              you have a talent for self-contradictory speech. the way you mix the word “respect” with overflowing disrespect, how you espouse leftism and diversity while speaking the sexism and misogyny of a fascist… it’s artful.

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                you have a talent for self-contradictory speech. the way you mix the word “respect” with overflowing disrespect, how you espouse leftism and diversity while speaking the sexism and misogyny of a fascist… it’s artful.

                Wtf are you talking about? Nobody said anything sexist or misogynyst. Words have meaning. Saying that you’re into cuckoldry has nothing to do with being sexist to women. It’s rude to you yes but fascist? Come the fuck on. Stop saying socialists are fascist for fuck’s sake it’s unbelievably cringe and nobody is buying it.

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                It is artful. That is the point. Further, the only sexism I talked about is the internalized negative self image that would lead a person to think ‘whiskey pickle’ is anything other than a cringe attempt to develop a self identity by subverting the worst societie’s worst instincts. Most of us here have done worse, but we grew stronger and passed through that phase. Join us.

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                  It is artful. That is the point.

                  artful trolling and disingenuousness is the point? and you proud of that? ew…

                  Further, the only sexism I talked about is the internalized negative self image that would lead a person to think ‘whiskey pickle’ is anything other than a cringe attempt to develop a self identity by subverting the worst societie’s worst instincts.

                  OR I like a drink called a pickleback, which is a shot of whiskey served with a pickle brine chaser, and you’ve decided to demonize me because of your own deep-seated insecurities that you’re projecting onto me.

                  ut thanks for that revolting glimpse into your psyche…

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                    No doubt you like a whisky drink, but why? Is it you are drawn to the stereotypically masculine drink because you feel your masculinity is threatened by some other aspect of your life? It just feels performative is all.

                    I could be reading more into it that in there. However your completely uncritical regurgitating of western propaganda can only lead me to belive introspection is not a well developed skill in your life.

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          They were directly responding to your words, to disprove them.

          except they didn’t disprove them. US Marines also peed a lot while they were there, but it’s not why they are there. it proves nothing.

          Do you really not see the connection between the comments?

          correlation ≠ causation

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              You’ve moved the goalposts, but no matter.

              “I know you are but what am I?” is not a convincing argument. most people learn this when they’re 5. (borrowed form another comment)

              Operation Enduring Freedom was sold as a war on terrorism

              see, you even admit that it wasn’t about opium.

              the US repeatedly cited opium as a target of the war because they claimed it funded the Taliban.

              you’re welcome to cite sources to back up your claims. and I’ll be happy to point out how the timeline doesn’t support your assertions that the war was about opium, it just happened to be something the US did while we were there.

              Or did you think it was retaliation for 9/11 or something?

              what I think is irrelevant. that facts are what matter.

              I have American friends who died defending those poppy fields. I remember it all very well.

              irrelevant. present facts. not anecdotes or your feelings.

              Also do feel free to explain how this is any way relevant to the conversation:

              correlation ≠ causation

              I have, repeatedly. your inability/refusal to understand is not my problem.

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                  You don’t seem to be capable of following the conversation

                  I’m perfectly capable of noticing when people move the goalposts because they can’t prove their argument with facts, as I keep pouting out. raging about it doesn’t change this fact or any other facts.

                  Oh my, you are really lost!

                  not according to the facts. if this continues to confuse you, that’s not my problem.

                  I’m sorry that I do not know how to find search results from 2001

                  not my job to prove your argument.

                  Yes, that’s why I was trying to figure out why you are struggling with them.

                  “I know you are but what am I?” is not a convincing argument. most people learn this when they’re 5.

                  you’ve presented nothing but anger, insults, and logical fallacies, none of which are convincing of anything other than that, when you can’t argue the facts in good faith, you resort to these bad-faith tactics ad nauseam because, so blinded by anger and hate, you can’t handle defeat.

                  Well that pretty much confirms my suspicions

                  so you admit to arguing from a position of clear and obvious bias. we get it— you hate the US. this has zero bearing on the facts— just that you like to insult people when you lose an argument.

                  Ah, so you do realize that it makes absolutely no sense lol

                  I’m not responsible for your lack of comprehension.

                  Looks like my job is done here. Rage on, little snowflake.

                  the finest projection in all the land.

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                    oh man

                    theres just so many logical fallacies from whiskey pickle here I don’t even know where to start, I’ll just leave this little guide for you maybe you can read up on this stuff a little.

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            You selectively picked an activity that American soldiers would do everywhere (peeing) over something they did only in Afghanistan (guarding opium fields) only because it would support your argument.

            That my dear good m’sir is a classic case of cherry picking.

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        person replies back with factual evidence contradicting your personal beliefs in a foreign war, “lmao, so?”

        Where is here? The World News community? The only one I see whining is the pickle. Is this a small step away from saying people should go back from where they came from and leave this social space you’ve claimed as your own? IDK wtf you’re thinking coming into someone else’s post, refuting verified evidence, then proclaiming hate because its context makes the US look subpar. What’s your point, you love the US, why come on here and have to ignorantly shout it?

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          person replies back with factual evidence contradicting your personal beliefs in a foreign war, “lmao, so?”

          you mean an Association Fallacy that fails to prove their claims? US Maries also peed while they were there. That doesn’t prove it’s why they were there.

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            You:

            the US didn’t give a shit about it at all

            Response:

            the United States spent more than $9 billion on a dizzying array of programs to deter Afghanistan from supplying the world with heroin

            You:

            lmao, so?

            That doesn’t prove it’s why they were there.

            Now the goal post has been moved to WhY?!? were we there? Throw up some more pretty images to explain the situation please.

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              Now the goal post has been moved to WhY

              wow, that’s quite the pretzel you’d twisted yourself into trying score some imaginary “point”.

              The “goal post” was always the “why” and it was never to eradicate opium. Every source, every article linked here bears that out. all that’s ben proven here is:

              the US didn’t give a shit about it at all

              ya got me there. they did care. still doesn’t prove that it’s why the US was there, and, in fact, several of the linked sources directly state to the contrary against claims that it was.

              try not to hurt yourself with more of those mental gymnastics. it’s hilarious to watch

              edit: ya know, you probably wouldn’t be so outraged and angry all the time if you didn’t constant make stuff up to be outraged and angry about.