• thethrilloftime69@feddit.online
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    The year is 1991, the US goes to war in the middle east. The year is 2002, the US goes to war in the middle east. The year is 2026, the US goes to war in the middle east.

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      We actually were deployed to Afghanistan by October 2001.

      Also we were in Iraq until 2011 and in Afghanistan until 2021.

      So while the gap between 2001 and 2026 seems large, its actually only been five years since we ended occupation of Afghanistan.