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[–] frezik@midwest.social 0 points 8 months ago (18 children)

All the invasions of Iran, Afganistan, Vietnam, Syria, etc where unjustfied invasions

  • The US has never invaded Iran
  • Afganistan was completely justified; the US could not let 9/11 go. Few countries in the world disputed this at the time, even among those unfriendly to the US. You can certainly criticize how it played out--I sure as hell do.
  • Vietnam, yeah, not going to argue there
  • Syria was a complex 13 way clusterfuck. We supported a specific side against another specific side, mostly with material and air support, and some limited ground support. It's not exactly an invasion, but this is certainly another place where it's more about how it played out than the support in itself.
[–] BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Maybe he meant Iraq? I think Afghanistan taught us a lesson in what we've become. We were a country that could bomb another into the ground, but then rebuild it into a functional society. Regardless of the morals of that, japan and south korea are functional if unhappy. Unhappiness describes life, but I feel like the contracting on top of contacting and the line goes up profit obsession infected out zeitgeist so deeply, we are no longer capable of rebuilding what we destroy.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 0 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Maybe did mean Iraq, but I'm not about to give a russiabot the benefit of doubt.

[–] bumphot@lemy.lol 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I did mean Iraq. I am not a russian bot simply because I critisize our governments.

[–] nac82@lemm.ee 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If you're called a Russian bot so often that you need to have a prepared meme response, I feel like it doesn't matter if you are or are not a Russian propagandist.

The cool thing about bad faith propoganda is that eventually, you trick dumb people into repeating it.

Just look at COVID.

[–] bumphot@lemy.lol 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It does matter if it is my honest opinion or if I was just wrongfully accused. One would be a critique of me, another is a critique on the propaganda that anyone who disagrees with people in power must be a KGB agent.

[–] nac82@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

I dont think you addressed anything in my comment.

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