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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
You realise, I assume, that 9/11 was far from the start of western involvement in Afghanistan? The Afghan war goes back as far as the late 1970’s, was heavily infused with US/Soviet union tensions throughout the 80’s, and 9/11 itself was a direct consequence of US involvement in the Middle East.
I’m not really taking a moral stance here, the politics is complicated but to frame it as the west saying “enough is enough” and only getting involved post-911 is just not the case, the west was 20+ years balls deep in the situation by 2001.
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Well from my understanding the invasion happened after the 9/11 attack in 2001, but I could be wrong.
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