• Carrolade@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      After WW2 everyone felt really bad. And it was a west-leaning country in a region full of oil and big trade routes.

      Most of the calculus has slowly changed over the years. The Congressionally-passed treaties all still remain though.

      • PugJesus@lemmy.world
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        And it was a west-leaning country in a region full of oil and big trade routes.

        Other way around - their loyalties weren’t firmly lodged with either of the superpowers, so the US in the 70s and 80s put a lot of time and effort into wooing them.

        Their loyalties still aren’t lodged with anyone, but we keep sucking them off anyway.

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      6 months ago

      And why do we think they need more weapons to “defend” themselves if they’re threatening to obliterate multiple other countries?

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    If you take a country “back to the stone age” it absolutely requires attacks on civilian infrastructure.

    So any country that respects international law and human life could not in good conscience give them weapons or support to do this.

    Gosh I wonder what Biden will do…

  • CALIGVLA@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    At this point I don’t know which country is more ridiculous, Israel or North Korea. They’re basically the same, a tiny pariah state barking loud at anyone that looks at them while getting support from a rich neighbor.

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    6 months ago

    This quote could’ve been passed as from Putin and would be believable. Astonishing that people still don’t notice the parallels.

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    6 months ago

    Can you fucking not, Israel? I was just there and lebanon is having enough trouble as is (as usual).

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      6 months ago

      One of these days, they’re going to reveal their “Final Solution” when it comes to Muslims. It’s obvious this is an extermination campaign.

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    The US has couped and attempted coups of better nations for worse reasons and yet they give this genocidal maniac all the leeway and weapons he could ask for. This is who the US is. There’s simply no money to be made saving victims of genocide so they will go unsaved.