>In other words: our bombing of Afghanistan -- which reliable estimates say
>killed at least 1000 civilians, created a massive refugee crisis, and put
>drug-running warlord thugs in power -- not only failed to nail Osama bin
>Laden, but actually failed to even "diminish the terrorist threat," and in
>fact may have made the situation worse.
But it liberated the Afghan people (especially women) from a murderous fascist regime imposed by the Pakistani military and bankrolled by the reactionary Saudi aristocracy. And that is a good justification, indeed.
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