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[–] 42 points 8 months ago* (12 children)

The Department of War was its original name. I've always thought it to be a more honest name than the Department of Defence.

When was the last defensive war the US fought?

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  • [+] -12 points 8 months ago (11 children)

    Afghanistan is arguable, but it was primarily to prevent terrorism.

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  • [–] 19 points 8 months ago* (4 children)

    primarily

    Ostensibly.

    Nominally.

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  • [–] -4 points 8 months ago (3 children)

    Well they didn't go over Afghanistan for the oil.

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    Attacks on heroin production were primarily to hit the Taliban's source of funding. Fentanyl is synthetic, and almost none of the US heroin comes form Afghanistan.

    https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47861444

    The Afghanistan was really was about terrorism (even though the hijackers were Saudis).

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  • [–] 32 points 8 months ago

    The war on Afghanistan was in response to Saudi Arabia attacking the US on 9/11. As Obama's released documents showed, the US government knew that it was Saudi Arabia, but likely due to business reasons, Bush/Cheney decided to attack other Middle Eastern countries for their oil instead and call it a War on Terror (TM).

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