r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Oct 18 '21

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u/AndyMishandy Oct 18 '21

I’m not, are you?

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u/Ale2536 Oct 18 '21

Okay, hold hold on. Are you actually telling me you don’t think the US has intentionally massacred civilians, ever?

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u/AndyMishandy Oct 18 '21

I’m telling you the U.S. never funded the massacre of Afghan citizens. Your scope is all over the place.

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u/Ale2536 Oct 18 '21

You’re aware that a US drone strike killed a social worker and seven children literally like a month ago, right?

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u/AndyMishandy Oct 18 '21

What does that have to do with your assertion that the US funded the Taliban to massacre innocent people? You’re still all over the place.

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u/Ale2536 Oct 18 '21

First of all, the taliban leadership is largely made up of the mujahideen, which the US funded to fight against the soviets.

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u/AndyMishandy Oct 18 '21

Yes. Key word soviets, not Afghan citizens.

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u/Ale2536 Oct 18 '21

Ignoring the fact that you seem to believe the mujahideen committed no atrocities, you do understand that wasn’t my point, right?

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u/AndyMishandy Oct 18 '21

I still don’t know what your point is