awww, look at you, trying use words, lol

and here’s the name-calling again. did something I say make you mad again? :(

People have been incredibly patient

oh, how nice of ‘everyone” to dedicate hours upon hours trolling me. I feel special to have kept them from trolling anyone else.

thanks for saying out loud how much control I have over you. all of you.

sad story bro

it’s sad that you have to keep telling yourself that, despite zero facts to support it.

Who said I was arguing with you, dipshit?

you replied to my comment. are you lost? lol

and your childish tantrums and name-calling don’t impress me, nor does your bullying. all it tells me is that you’re so afraid of losing an argument to a stranger on the internet, it drives you into a blind rage.

that’s how much control you give to strangers because you have no control over yourself.

I bet you find it frustrating that all of your bullshit doesn’t work.

so sad. lol

You’ve moved the goalposts, but no matter.

“I know you are but what am I?” is not a convincing argument. most people learn this when they’re 5. (borrowed form another comment)

Operation Enduring Freedom was sold as a war on terrorism

see, you even admit that it wasn’t about opium.

the US repeatedly cited opium as a target of the war because they claimed it funded the Taliban.

you’re welcome to cite sources to back up your claims. and I’ll be happy to point out how the timeline doesn’t support your assertions that the war was about opium, it just happened to be something the US did while we were there.

Or did you think it was retaliation for 9/11 or something?

what I think is irrelevant. that facts are what matter.

I have American friends who died defending those poppy fields. I remember it all very well.

irrelevant. present facts. not anecdotes or your feelings.

Also do feel free to explain how this is any way relevant to the conversation:

correlation ≠ causation

I have, repeatedly. your inability/refusal to understand is not my problem.

Now the goal post has been moved to WhY

wow, that’s quite the pretzel you’d twisted yourself into trying score some imaginary “point”.

The “goal post” was always the “why” and it was never to eradicate opium. Every source, every article linked here bears that out. all that’s ben proven here is:

the US didn’t give a shit about it at all

ya got me there. they did care. still doesn’t prove that it’s why the US was there, and, in fact, several of the linked sources directly state to the contrary against claims that it was.

try not to hurt yourself with more of those mental gymnastics. it’s hilarious to watch

edit: ya know, you probably wouldn’t be so outraged and angry all the time if you didn’t constant make stuff up to be outraged and angry about.

what’s the difference between a British and and American shorthair? Do the British ones drink tea instead of milk? Sleep on the left side of the couch? Meow with a superfluous “u” or an extra syllable? Do they have some strange slang term for catnip that is hilarious, offensive, or somehow both at the same time?

I see mastodon users here once in a while. kbin users, too!

it’s not my job to educate random internet strangers. have some self-respect and make an effort to educate yourself.

have a nice day.