• queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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        9 months ago

        The US “asks”

        Look at the ruins left all over that region to see what happens to countries that don’t cooperate.

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          9 months ago

          They get overrun by the local threats the USA may have been able to help with? I mean, there’s obviously nuance here, but you aren’t using it either so

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            9 months ago

            Don’t waste your time. This user has gems like:

            Liberals in America are just right wing anti-communists, they’re not leftists at all. As for Bernie, social-democracy is the moderate wing of fascism and that’s why he supports Biden’s genocide.

            Both parties are evil because this is an evil country that must be stopped.

            But I’m quite serious about hating America. No one should be president and we should do everything possible to make that a reality.

            And told me that Russia is less corrupt and authoritarian than the USA. They ran away from that conversation once facts were laid out.

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      9 months ago

      Do they put them wherever they want, or in coordination with the local sovereign governments?

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          They often crumble from internal sectarian violence. Or get overrun by Russian sock-puppets barrel-bombing and using chemical weapons against their own people. But ah, yes, while I opposed the Iraq invasion, Saddam was clearly a great guy and Iraq was thriving, right? Or how about Iran? No bases there! I’m sure the women just love their bastion of freedom from their US overlords, lol.

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              20 years more of Saddam rule? As much as the pretense for going into Iraq was bogus, the oppressed Shia population would beg to differ.

              You’re the one who told me to look at countries that don’t coordinate with the US. I did. I’m not impressed. I look at countries like Germany today and by contrast, I am impressed. So are you impressed by Iran, Russia, North Korea? Or do you disagree with the likes of Jordan openly cooperating with the US to contain ISIS?

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          If I’m honest that’s one occupation I’m fine with remaining illegal. Fuck the Assad regime, and fuck Russia.

          Just so you know, that article you provided is made literally by the Kremlin state media, who just so happen to have bombed Syrian civilians relentlessly for years and have propped up the brutal dictator Assad for years.

          Also considering how much Trump cozies up to Putin, I also don’t give a damn what Donnie says.