Grapho@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · edit-22 days agoTo be America's enemy is dangerous, but to be its ally is fatallemmy.mlimagemessage-square280fedilinkarrow-up1853arrow-down1103
arrow-up1750arrow-down1imageTo be America's enemy is dangerous, but to be its ally is fatallemmy.mlGrapho@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · edit-22 days agomessage-square280fedilink
minus-squarerational_lib@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·16 hours agoPeople are seriously acting like Bin Laden was bait and switched by the US. I somehow remember it differently…
minus-squareFurbag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 hours ago…he was, though? We funded the Mujahideen to combat the Soviets in Afghanistan, and then when the USSR collapsed we cut him loose to get all chummy with the Saudi government so we could get that cheap oil.
People are seriously acting like Bin Laden was bait and switched by the US. I somehow remember it differently…
…he was, though? We funded the Mujahideen to combat the Soviets in Afghanistan, and then when the USSR collapsed we cut him loose to get all chummy with the Saudi government so we could get that cheap oil.