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> America ... supported the genocide of millions of people 1972 just to spite India. Mind expanding on that? How did the genocide in Africa by Africans have m
by sk0g 7y ago
> America ... supported the genocide of millions of people 1972 just to spite India.
Mind expanding on that? How did the genocide in Africa by Africans have much to do with either of those countries?
- ETHisso2017 7y agoBangladesh. Nixon sent an aircraft carrier group to prevent India from helping them gain independence from Pakistan. During the crisis, the Pakistani military, whose high command was mostly Punjabi, engaged in what was arguably state-sanctioned mass murder and rape against Bengalis.
- macintux 7y agoI'm guessing 1971, the Bangladesh/Pakistan split and war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Bangladesh_genocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Bangladesh_genocide
- nsenifty 7y agoIt may be a little exaggerated (or not, depending on who you ask), but I think they're referring to the 1971 Bangladesh genocide. The US was largely complicit on this due to their favorable foreign policy towards Pakistan at that time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Bangladesh_genocide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Bangladesh_genocide
- belltaco 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Bangladesh_genocide#US_complicity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971_Bangladesh_genocide#US_co...