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[–] 6 points 3 years ago (4 children)
  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    So, tl;dr: After being hammered by strikes they made an offer to hand him over to a 3rd party?

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    That's correct. It wasn't their first attempt, either. Instead Bush opted for the 20 years of occupation for whatever reason.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago

    I'm not defending the occupation and whole "nation building" (which I doubt they though would take 20 years). Just pointing out that there was a difference between Afghanistan and Iraq, and that difference was reflected by the support (or lack of) from other countries.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago*

    The United States today rejected yet another offer by Afghanistan's ruling Taliban to turn over Osama bin Laden for trial in a third country if the U.S. presents evidence against bin Laden and stops air attacks.

    It's insane to suggest the US would ever agree to that.

    I believe it would have been the correct move, but the US as a nation would straight up never agree to that. The citizenry would have lost their fucking minds.

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