Grapho@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agoTo be America's enemy is dangerous, but to be its ally is fatallemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square289linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTo be America's enemy is dangerous, but to be its ally is fatallemmy.mlGrapho@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agomessage-square289linkfedilink
minus-squarerational_lib@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoPeople are seriously acting like Bin Laden was bait and switched by the US. I somehow remember it differently…
minus-squareFurbag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year 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.