• afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    It wasn’t A GUEST editorial. It was multiple, plural and it was from the editorial board not a guest. Also this is before ISIS. Also they were on the side of the so-called moderates against Asaad.

    Yes I am aware that Asaad is a bad person. Just because the dictator is a bad person doesn’t mean people opposing them are our friends and it also doesn’t mean the US should commit troops. We are not the police department for planet Earth nor should we ever ever be.

    Yes I am aware Putin was/is on the side of the Syrian government. Again, that is not a justification (by the treaties the US signed) for an US troop ground invasion.

    The Washington Post pushed for the US to illegally invade a country we had no business being in. They pushed for it repeatedly. As I mentioned to my emails to them on the subject, if they want to fight there they should fly over and do it themselves. I am sure their best buddies the “moderates” would love the help.

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      5 months ago

      Oh that’s horrible. During the Arab spring, when Assad was literally levelling Aleppo killing his own population and destroying cultural heritage to booth, some people wanted the US to intervene. How could one ever again work with such inhumane colleagues? /s

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        5 months ago

        Yes very terrible. I wont downplay it.

        Now, did the US sign a legally binding document in 1945 that forbid wars of aggression without UN authorization, yes or no?

        Watch as this question gets ignored.

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            5 months ago

            Really every warmonger can be defeated by the Socratic method. Which is why they constantly avoid it. Declare that a problem exists, declare that violence is the only way whatsoever to get rid of the problem, and then fuck off to hang out with their military contractor buddies.

            The Iraq war could have been stopped with Congress just asking some basic questions, you know if they wanted to.