4 ms·
If you're not on the right it must be an enormous coincidence that you're repeating the same conservative talking point being posted all over HN and the interne
by nodamage 10y ago
If you're not on the right it must be an enormous coincidence that you're repeating the same conservative talking point being posted all over HN and the internet.
No one believes the US is only bombing militants, but obviously they are not intentionally targeting civilians either. The bombing of the hospital was clearly a huge, unfortunate mistake, but somehow has been twisted by those with an agenda into "Obama has a policy of bombing hospitals", which is absurd.
For the record I was opposed to Bush's original invasion of Iraq and subsequent military actions in the Middle East, along with Obama's (and now Trump's) continuation of said military actions (including the aforementioned use of drone strikes), and I fully agree that America should get the hell out of the Middle East because we're clearly doing more harm than good in the region.
That being said, Trump's blanket ban targeted normal, lawful permanent residents living in the United States, and as implemented left them stranded and unable to return home to their families if they happened to be outside of the country on Friday, for no reason other than what passport they happen to hold, so I think it's entirely understandable why people are so strongly opposed to it.
- imron 10y ago> If you're not on the right it must be an enormous coincidence that you're repeating the same conservative talking point being posted all over HN and the internet Enormous coincidence it is then. Or perhaps your assumption that it's only conservatives/people on the right making those points is in error?
- nodamage 10y agoWell, so far I've only seen conservatives attempt to make the massively flawed argument: "well Obama has already been bombing these countries, so who cares about a few visas?" as if they were referring to the same groups of people.