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by 8note 1961 days ago
Very few to no Taliban members were involved in 9/11, but the US still invaded Afghanistan to kill as many Taliban members as possible.

Americans arent very forgiving to terrorists and terrorist sympathizers, and that applies to parler members just as well as taliban members

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You're right about the second statement, but the first statement is inaccurate. They were not DIRECTLY involved, but the Taliban gave OBL safe haven for years, he trained his people there, and controlled his operations from there. They weren't mere bystanders.
Except that Bin Laden lived in Afghanistan for many years prior to the attack, and the Taliban provided material supprt to al-Qaeda, including hosting training camps, which they refused to shut post-9/11.
> the US still invaded Afghanistan to kill as many Taliban members as possible.

No, it didn’t.

It invaded Afghanistan because al-Qaida was based there and the Taliban was actively protecting them.

> Americans arent very forgiving to terrorists and terrorist sympathizers,

Very clearly true of Islamic terrorists who have targeted the US or Israel. Very much less true of other terrorists, especially racially White ones, and most especially racially White ones that aren’t Communist.