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It's clear now that there was no "Iraqi resistance against the US," or else the would have stopped "resisting" after the US left. It was clear then too, but it
by mason240 10y ago
It's clear now that there was no "Iraqi resistance against the US," or else the would have stopped "resisting" after the US left.
It was clear then too, but it obvious now that the proto-ISIS "freedom fighter" narrative was completely divorced from reality.
- dragonwriter 10y agoThe group that became ISIS wasn't the only group fighting the US occupation. (And the fact that a group has goals beyond resisting the occupation doesn't mean its not resisting the occupation; just like the fact that it had goals beyond opposing Saddam's regime doesn't mean that the same group wasn't opposed to Saddam's regime -- which had contained it far more effectively than the US occupation did.)
- deleted 10y ago[deleted]