☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoJimmy Carter: The U.S. Is an “Oligarchy With Unlimited Political Bribery”theintercept.comexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down17
arrow-up180arrow-down1external-linkJimmy Carter: The U.S. Is an “Oligarchy With Unlimited Political Bribery”theintercept.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlM to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square78fedilink
minus-squareBelieveRevolt [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoThey pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and became the world’s #1 heroin exporters.
minus-squareProxyTheAwesome [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoIt’s the Northern Alliance that were the big opium producers, under US occupation. The Taliban actually banned and restricted it both before the invasion and after re-taking power.
minus-squareaaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoWonder whatever happened to this guy that the USA helped arm? Did he do anything significant since then?
They pulled themselves up by their bootstraps and became the world’s #1 heroin exporters.
It’s the Northern Alliance that were the big opium producers, under US occupation. The Taliban actually banned and restricted it both before the invasion and after re-taking power.
Wonder whatever happened to this guy that the USA helped arm? Did he do anything significant since then?