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    • zephorah@lemm.ee
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      13 days ago

      You’re backing my point. I’m not saying it’s all positive. Remember what happened in the Middle East when Saddam was removed.

      • Keeponstalin@lemmy.world
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        13 days ago

        Do you have any idea how much of the implementation of Saddam and the war to overthrow him were designed by the US State Department? How many war crimes the US committed against the civilians living in the middle east during those wars?

        https://blowback.show/S1-Sources

        • zephorah@lemm.ee
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          12 days ago

          Oh yes. One of my Family members was obsessed with that bit of history and still believes Cheney might be the antichrist.

          Love or hate it’s still a power vacuum.