Grapho@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoTo be America's enemy is dangerous, but to be its ally is fatallemmy.mlimagemessage-square316linkfedilinkarrow-up1948
arrow-up1838imageTo be America's enemy is dangerous, but to be its ally is fatallemmy.mlGrapho@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square316linkfedilink
minus-squarerational_lib@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·2 years agoPeople are seriously acting like Bin Laden was bait and switched by the US. I somehow remember it differently…
minus-squareFurbag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 years 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.