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If you told me in 2001 that the US will spend $2.4 trillion and 20 years to replace the Taliban with the Taliban I would have thought you were crazy. (lemm.ee)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Yet that's exactly what happened and the US public are not only okay with it, but eager to repeat it again.

So now I am taking bets on how much time and money do you think the US will lose in the Middle East to achieve nothing except looking foolish in the eyes of the world.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

This is why historical knowledge is important. History repeats itself first as a tragedy second as a farce.