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minus-squareDagwood222linkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoThere was the option of going in with special Forces units only; essentially hunting and killing bin-Ladn without attacking the Taliban directly. Bush chose regime change because he wanted to build a pipeline across the country.
minus-squareaubeynarf@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI wasn’t aware that the US built a pipeline in Afghanistan, can you give more details?
minus-squareDagwood222linkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India_Pipeline#:~:text=The Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline%2C also known as,Limited with participation of the Asian Development Bank.
minus-squareanticolonialist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down9·2 months agoIt’s always about stealing resources
There was the option of going in with special Forces units only; essentially hunting and killing bin-Ladn without attacking the Taliban directly. Bush chose regime change because he wanted to build a pipeline across the country.
I wasn’t aware that the US built a pipeline in Afghanistan, can you give more details?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India_Pipeline#:~:text=The Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline%2C also known as,Limited with participation of the Asian Development Bank.
It’s always about stealing resources