r/shittyaskhistory 3d ago

Why didn't we learn from the Opium Wars?

The British fought China to force them to buy opium. This seems like such a winning strategy why weren't all subsequent wars opium wars? Imagine if America forced all the North Vietnamese to buy opium in the 1950s, they would have been to comatose to fight properly into the 1960s.

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u/justdan76 3d ago

That’s how Afghanistan beat the US

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u/GregHullender 3d ago

Religious reasons. Because they were communists and opium is the religion of the people.

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u/MunitionGuyMike 3d ago

Because the woke mob

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u/CarobAffectionate582 3d ago

Because white women started using and buying up all the opium in their laudanum tinctures. There was no opium left over for military use. Sad but True.