OttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca to Memes@lemmy.ml · 27 days agoOnion in shame at what reality produces...lemmy.caimagemessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageOnion in shame at what reality produces...lemmy.caOttoVonNoob@lemmy.ca to Memes@lemmy.ml · 27 days agomessage-square87fedilink
minus-squareNuke_the_whales@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoI remember when Rambo 3 was about Rambo teaming up with basically the Taliban.
minus-squareStizzah@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoYes, the Taliban were armed and financed by USA.
minus-squaresudo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoNot exactly, the Taliban was never a part of the Mujahedin. They don’t show up until after the soviets leave and the US looses interest. They did however grow out Madrassas that were jointly sponsored by the USA and KSA.
minus-squaresudo@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoThis is unfortunately just a really good edit.
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoThe original being “This film is dedicated to the gallant people of Afghanistan.” See, for example, this review from 1988
minus-squarewitty_username@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoAnd the film was shot in contested territory in Israel
minus-squareKlear@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-227 days agoThose were mujahideen, there’s a difference The Taliban formed in the '90s when you fell off with a vengeance
minus-squareNuke_the_whales@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·27 days agoI’m sure there’s a pretty big overlap of members of the Afghanistan Mujahideen and the Taliban that followed it
I remember when Rambo 3 was about Rambo teaming up with basically the Taliban.
Yes, the Taliban were armed and financed by USA.
Not exactly, the Taliban was never a part of the Mujahedin. They don’t show up until after the soviets leave and the US looses interest. They did however grow out Madrassas that were jointly sponsored by the USA and KSA.
This is unfortunately just a really good edit.
The original being “This film is dedicated to the gallant people of Afghanistan.” See, for example, this review from 1988
And the film was shot in contested territory in Israel
Those were mujahideen, there’s a difference
The Taliban formed in the '90s when you fell off with a vengeance
I’m sure there’s a pretty big overlap of members of the Afghanistan Mujahideen and the Taliban that followed it