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Re:Economic costs of war by issa on Monday August 16, 2021 @10:07PM (#28205303)
I think this is the fundamental fallacy in this whole situation. "Taliban" and "Afghans" are not two separate groups.
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Re:Economic costs of war by smegger001 on Monday August 16, 2021 @11:33PM (#28205917)
one is a radical armed violent subset of the other.

in the same way that the klu kluk klan are american but America isn't the klan.

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Re:Economic costs of war by issa on Saturday August 21, 2021 @07:59PM (#28261709)
It is a fraught comparison, but I would like to think that the Taliban has MUCH broader support in Afghanistan than the KKK does in the US.
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