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JMLobo83 t1_j6ljuw6 wrote

No foreign power has ever successfully occupied Afghanistan afaik. The Chinese will be the next to try due to insane mineral wealth but it's going to be hard to extract and process the ore.

The West did topple Saddam fairly easily but it's important to remember that "Iraq" as we know it is an historical fiction invented by the British and composed of various different peoples with little in common. The Shiites identify with Iran, the Sunnis with the Sauds, then you've got various other peoples. Iran probably benefitted the most of anyone from Saddam's removal because he loved killing Iranians. The Kurds benefitted. Any benefit to Western states was clearly outweighed by the extraordinary cost involved.

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RockyattheTop t1_j6ljf6x wrote

I’m all for eating healthy, but yeah pretty much. Morgan Spurlock did his follow up to Super Size Me on this, and it’s insane how little they have to do to call something organic. He opens a chicken restaurant, and gets to call the chickens free range because there is a 1ft by 1ft opening in the nasty ass barn thing they keep all the chickens in. On another note Costco rocks. Haven’t raised the price of rotisserie chicken, $1.50 hot dog and drink, and Romain lettuce is like $3.99 for 6 pieces. Fuck you talking about Costco is expensive OP, learn how to feed yourself in a recession you bougie ass fuck. Puts on your financial future.

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