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US Politics 13w

beret_girl

 “Why are you against the capture of Maduro but fine with the killing of Saddam Hussain???” Yeah I’m sorry that I wasn’t out protesting the Iraq invasion at -2 in 2003 :(
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Anonymous 13w

i don’t think the state should be able to kill its own citizens, let alone kill or abduct the leaders of other nations. sort of an American exceptionalism thing, ignoring the larger trend as it coincides with european colonialism and imperialism

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Anonymous 13w

So you would have been protesting killing saddam hussain? very nice 👍

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13w

abu ghraib more accurately, i know you don’t know what that is so you should look it up. plenty to protest back then.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13w

Yeah that wasn’t right either. Saddam Hussain was horrible (and so is Maduro) but these interventions never go well.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

that's not what the original post was about gamgalang

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13w

yeah it was dumbass maybe read it again

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

I’m confused, what was the US’ role in Abu Ghraib pre-2003?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

very nice

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13w

indeed

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

Abu Ghraib wasn’t right either.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

You don't mention abu ghraib

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13w

i’m gonna touch you

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 13w

There wasn’t any. Abu Ghraib was an Iraqi prison where human rights abuses happened before the US did the same thing but “for freedom”.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

😏

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 13w

Guys stop arguing, I was mostly referring to the killing of Saddam Hussain and not the invasion as a whole, but yeah the invasion was unjust.

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Anonymous replying to -> beret_girl 13w

So would you have deposed the killing of him

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13w

To kill Sadam we had to invade Iraq and then we took him to the US where he was put on trial and hung. So yes

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 13w

Ideally, he should have been arrested and tried by the UN and a more democratic government should have been established. I’m not sure how that would work because it would have to be done independent of the interests of any other nations, maybe the UN could do it somehow?

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Anonymous replying to -> beret_girl 13w

the UN is a vessel for imperialism more than it is for democratic world governance

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Anonymous replying to -> beret_girl 13w

Even then you still have to illegally invade Iraq likely on the bullshit lies about WMDs and you still have the US and friends trying to implement regime change which leads to a massive power vacuum

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Anonymous replying to -> _orangutan 13w

Do you have any better ideas? Every powerful institution is a vessel for imperialism and a populist revolt would likely end up with another dictatorship.

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 13w

There aren’t many good options on how to depose a dictator. It’s best to find the optimal route or just not to do it. Hussain was bad but power vacuums are unpredictably dangerous.

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Anonymous replying to -> beret_girl 13w

removing the 5 permanent seats on the UNSC and giving all member-states equal representation is a good start

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Anonymous replying to -> _orangutan 13w

Yeah it really is. Unfortunately I’m not in charge of the UN.

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