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If longer wavelengths propagate further, why does infrared contribute to global warming instead of going through clouds?

Maybe I am not understanding something simple, but longer wavelengths go through things easier correct? So why is it that infrared heat is REFLECTED by the clouds and contributes to global warming? It seems to me it would just go straight through clouds compared to being absorbed. After all, isn't this why we have red sunsets is because that's the only light that hasn't be reflected away?