• @maynarkh@feddit.nl
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    361 year ago

    We could go an have a piss-fight between the warcrimes of Russia and the warcrimes of Israel.

    The US can be the bad guy in one conflict while be on the good side on another. Imperialism is bad, whether it’s Russia or the US doing it.

    Also, Hamas are war criminals as well. No good guys fighting there ATM.

    • @sqgl@beehaw.orgOP
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      1 year ago

      The whole point of the article is Biden criticizing Israel for going too far in their mission to eradicate Hamas. He even criticized US for invading Afghanistan.

      • Hyperreality
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        1 year ago

        Bit of a tangent, but I find it insane that the US spent over 2000 billion to fight the war in Afghanistan, but congress is unwilling to authorise giving the Ukrainians 60 billion. A relatively small amount, that means Ukrainians can keep fighting Russia, decreasing the likelihood of American troops ever having to get involved in a war in Europe.

        • TheMongoose
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          181 year ago

          Ah, but from where I sit (a long way from the US), it looks more like a pissing contest between the Republicans to see who can be the most terrible human being in government, than it does look like any sort of actual policy or principal.

          It’s not about helping Ukraine, or avoiding the mistakes of Afghanistan - it’s about trying to make Biden (and/or ‘The Dems’ in general) look bad, even if that involves civilian deaths.

          Are they evil, Russian agents or just absolute clowns? It doesn’t really matter, does it. The end result is the same.

          • @Zoop@beehaw.org
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            11 year ago

            From someone in the US, smack dab in the middle of very dense Republican land (Oklahoma,) I want you to know that you’ve nailed it! You’re spot on. I wish you were exaggerating, lol.

        • @sqgl@beehaw.orgOP
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          31 year ago

          I once did the sums to calculate that USA could have afforded a run a gun buyback scheme (like Australia) rather than invade Iraq, you know… to cut down on Americans killing Americans.

          • Hyperreality
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            51 year ago

            I did the sums, and the US would have been able to fund a large moonbase for the next century, mine asteroids AND seriously begin colonising Mars.

            But instead of becoming an interplanetary power, the US chose to blow up brown farmers.

        • @Zworf@beehaw.org
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          11 year ago

          But that 2000 billion went directly into the military industrial complex. Ka-ching.

          Is the same true for that 60 billion?

      • livus
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        61 year ago

        He criticizes their war crimes with one hand but with the other hand he gives them billions of dollars to help them commit more.

        Netanyahu said in a statement on Tuesday that Israel had received “full backing” from the U.S. for its ground incursion into Gaza and that Washington had blocked “international pressure to stop the war.”

      • livus
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        171 year ago

        IDF are the good guys

        Narrator: …they weren’t.

          • NoIWontPickaName
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            41 year ago

            I can prove to you it is not.

            If my end is to have a million dollars, am I justified in killing whoever I want to get it?

            If someone rapes your sister, are you justified in killing their whole family to get to them?

            If someone kills your daughter, are you justified in burning down a city in revenge?

      • @Zworf@beehaw.org
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        IMO the only “good guys” fighting there are the civilians “fighting” to survive. Not Hamas and not the IDF. Neither care about the innocent.