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US post-9/11 wars caused 4.5 million deaths, displaced 38-60 million people, study shows (geopoliticaleconomy.com)

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think they already had been, Uigyurs were fighting in the Soviet-Afghan war on the side of the muhajadeen and then brought that violence home in the 90s

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago

CIA was heavily involved in creating the Afghan war though, Afghanistan would look like Vietnam or Cuba today if not for that.