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'This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism' vs. 'No It Won’t' (theonion.com)

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This classic from The Onion was originally published all the way back in 2003.

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[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 28 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

What has the middle east ever seen the US do besides:

Buy their oil, at the point of a sword
Fund extremists to overthrow their governments, to give them more favourable oil terms
Bomb their and their neighbours' civilian populations/infrastructure with relative impunity
Hand weapons to nations committing wars and genocides against them and their neighbours
Provide backing to extremist friendly regimes, artificially propping up monarchies and dictators
Invade, destabilise, and then bail on them and their neighbours, creating horrific refugee crises
Constantly threaten to turn them and their neighbours "to glass" if they get uppity
Abandon their regional partners/interpreters to the whims of the forces they were previously fighting against

[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Don't forget the part where the west virtue signals "freedom and democracy" while arming, financing, and supporting authoritarian monarchies/dictatorships across the developing world.

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 6 points 1 week ago

I guess all of this comes under the general auspices of wiping their arses with International Law, whilst demanding adherence from others, and telling everyone to thank them for doing it.

[–] baggins@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago

Good old Uncle Sam.