It doesn’t really make sense to compare a world war (initiated by Germany) with a terrorist attack (shaped by a long history of people being instrumentalized in a Cold War context) - unless you’re trying to imply something specific. What exactly?
Also, I was born in Dresden - I know firsthand what it looks like to play the victim while ignoring the bigger picture.
No, this is a common misconception. The Mujahedeen which the US funded overthrew the Soviet-backed Afghan government, and were themselves overthrown by the Pakistani-backed Taliban in the early-mid-1990s, and many Mujahedeen continued resistance against the Taliban up until the US invasion in 2001.
it was a straight Soviet invasion, so basically a full role reversal.
while writing, i was confused about this. was it a russian puppet state that was established, or like directly reporting to moscow. so i thought russia influenced was a safer bet.
Dresden was a great example of fuck around and find out - a textbook case that should be taught in schools to show the consequences of actions.
Would 9/11 also qualify for saying FAFO, seeing that the person supposedly organising it was an ex-CIA asset?
It doesn’t really make sense to compare a world war (initiated by Germany) with a terrorist attack (shaped by a long history of people being instrumentalized in a Cold War context) - unless you’re trying to imply something specific. What exactly?
Also, I was born in Dresden - I know firsthand what it looks like to play the victim while ignoring the bigger picture.
if i have my facts correctly, taliban as a whole was funded by us to overpower the then russian influenced govt.
No, this is a common misconception. The Mujahedeen which the US funded overthrew the Soviet-backed Afghan government, and were themselves overthrown by the Pakistani-backed Taliban in the early-mid-1990s, and many Mujahedeen continued resistance against the Taliban up until the US invasion in 2001.
And ironically one of the more potent weapons the Taliban had against the US was US Stinger surface-to-air missiles.
But it was not just a Russian influenced govt, it was a straight Soviet invasion, so basically a full role reversal.
while writing, i was confused about this. was it a russian puppet state that was established, or like directly reporting to moscow. so i thought russia influenced was a safer bet.
Yes