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Anyone know if this is true or not?

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[–] Mirshe@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nah, we funded both Iran and the Taliban. We even elected a guy who illegally funneled weapon sales to Iran in order to take that money and give it to Nicaraguan death squads. Arguably, without US support, neither gets the critical mass it needs to effect regime change or become anything more than an upstart.

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Taliban hated women long before being funded by the US, and hating women was not why they are funded. Same for the fundamentalist Iranian Muslims.

Them being in power (and the subsequent suffering of women) can be attributed to the US, but not them hating women per se.

I like hating on the US as much as anyone, but let's not pretend they're the source of all evil (only lots).

[–] plyth@feddit.org 1 points 2 hours ago

Without the funding, most of those people would believe different things.