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And lets not forget shit like the CIA overthrowing attempts at democracy.
And of course the UN partitioning Palestine to create Israel.
And all the fucking oil wars.
When I learned that even World War I was sparked by oil grabs, I was briefly surprised, then realized, of course it was.
Britain and Russia have been screwing around with Afghanistan for 200 years.
*chuckling*: Afghanistan may be the graveyard of other empires, but I'm built different