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US post-9/11 wars caused 4.5 million deaths, displaced 38-60 million people, study shows (geopoliticaleconomy.com)

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[–] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Of course. A calculated, targeted attack would have been too effective and wouldn’t generate enough profit for the defense industry. Lucky they pissed off Afghanistan in 1998 with Operation Infinite Reach or the Taliban might have turned him over years before 9/11. That’s just bad business.