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Originally Posted by Looger
without CONSTANT foreign aid from the united states, the taliban would have imploded years before. they were HATED by all their neighbours, and reviled throughout the middle east, even among their former supporters among wahabist saudi bankers. they had reached the height of their power years before, but were not too popular with the warlords running the opium trade. their number was coming up, like all snakepit despots set up by foreign powers.
the US was the central bankroll for the taliban in 2000 and 2001.
unbelievable.
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But Looger, history doesn't matter, remember? You can't cry over spilled milk!