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One might argue that the US at least is a main driver of many of the conflicts in the area, if not by direct invasions and infrastructure destruction then by su
by hoppa_liza 10y ago
One might argue that the US at least is a main driver of many of the conflicts in the area, if not by direct invasions and infrastructure destruction then by support to local dictators and puppet governments.
- 67726e 10y agoOh, I'm sorry, I forgot we were great fans of Assad and Hussein. If religious extremist want to fight, let them.
- hoppa_liza 10y agoI do not know about "we". I am not a fan of any murderer myself. This area has been marked for "free use" by several foreign forces over the years. The thing is, there is no free use, you have to pay eventually one way or another.
- soperj 10y agoThe US was a huge fan of Saddam, they provided him with a lot of weapons to fight Iran and to gas the Kurds. They were also quite happy with Assad when they were sending people there from the war on terror to be tortured after 9/11. Assad even warned the U.S. about a plot to blow up a US destroyer. Relations deteriorated after Bush went after Iraq again for no reason.
- coderdude 10y agoIs this real life or Metal Gear Solid 4? When I read HN I'm half expecting to hear about how war has changed. ID tagged soldiers carry ID tagged guns. The armchair analysts guarding HN's comment boxes should spend their efforts worrying about ID tagged pull requests. This is yet another example of when a programmer site jumps the shark. PS: programmers are good at programming. Not at all things thinking-related. Which this community shows countless times again.