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U.S. drone strike kills 30 pine nut farm workers in Afghanistan

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350 points tepidandroid | 2 comments | 19 Sep 19 16:51 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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wruza ◴[19 Sep 19 20:46 UTC] No.21020575[source]▶
Now imagine “U.S. drone strike kills 30 pine nut farm workers in France” and feel the difference (which is non-existent). Then it goes on tv and reads the list of this morning’s evil men who must be stopped.
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mieseratte ◴[20 Sep 19 08:36 UTC] No.21024454[source]▶
As much as I would love the US out of Afghanistan, there’s a war on over there. Yours is a disingenuous comparison.
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alpaca128 ◴[20 Sep 19 09:33 UTC] No.21024804[source]▶
A war where the US were totally forced to participate, of course, like always...
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kmjg88nvf8 ◴[20 Sep 19 11:24 UTC] No.21025373{3}[source]▶
So do you care about the civilians, or not? It seems possible US engagement saves more civilians than it kills. At least that is presumably the general idea.
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1. mad_tortoise ◴[20 Sep 19 12:10 UTC] No.21025734{4}[source]▶
The US is in afghan for one reason only, opioids. It's no coincidence that US opioid addiction rates skyrocketed in the years following the Afghan invasion. The big pharma companies benefit from the US controlling the worlds major poppy fields, and in turn they pushed their product unto the masses.
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2. pnako ◴[20 Sep 19 12:37 UTC] No.21025985[source]▶
I'm sorry but your explanation makes no sense. Oil is wherever it is located, so you have to go there if you want to take it or protect it. But you can grow poppies in most places. It makes no sense for the US to spend something like a trillion dollars and thousands of lives for something they could grow in California or Texas.

In fact we actually grow opium in Australia.