cosmicrookie@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 months agoDanish Foreign Affairs minister and Danish ambassador fist bump after meeting with Vance and Rubiolocklemmy.worldimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1310arrow-down12
arrow-up1308arrow-down1imageDanish Foreign Affairs minister and Danish ambassador fist bump after meeting with Vance and Rubiolocklemmy.worldcosmicrookie@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squarezout@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down3·2 months agoIt was in Afghanistan with the Mujahideen. In 1988 they were the good guys, and they had Osama Bin Laden in their ranks.
minus-squarephutatorius@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoBinladen was a bagman delivering Saudi money to the muj. He didn’t fight. And the muj (mostly) weren’t the same as later jihadis. More often, local warlords and their private armies, not primarily religious nutters.
It was in Afghanistan with the Mujahideen. In 1988 they were the good guys, and they had Osama Bin Laden in their ranks.
Binladen was a bagman delivering Saudi money to the muj. He didn’t fight. And the muj (mostly) weren’t the same as later jihadis. More often, local warlords and their private armies, not primarily religious nutters.