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minus-squareprolelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoIf you cannot see how this is different than what has happened before, I don’t know what to tell you. The only thing I can think of that compares (but on a smaller level) is what Trump did to the Kurds fighting ISIS in Syria.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoGeopolitically it’s a pretty big deal, I know, but morally it’s very much in line with what the US does on a daily basis around the world. Just now it’s white people feeling the effects rather than brown people.
minus-squareDragonstaff@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoIf you cannot see how often the US has been the invader, overthrowing a small country’s government for their resources, I don’t know what to tell you.
If you cannot see how this is different than what has happened before, I don’t know what to tell you.
The only thing I can think of that compares (but on a smaller level) is what Trump did to the Kurds fighting ISIS in Syria.
Geopolitically it’s a pretty big deal, I know, but morally it’s very much in line with what the US does on a daily basis around the world. Just now it’s white people feeling the effects rather than brown people.
If you cannot see how often the US has been the invader, overthrowing a small country’s government for their resources, I don’t know what to tell you.