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The difference is that except for the leftover Neocon vanguard of Bill Kristol and Max Boot, no one is actually saying the Iraq War was a good thing, and no one
by remarkEon 6y ago
The difference is that except for the leftover Neocon vanguard of Bill Kristol and Max Boot, no one is actually saying the Iraq War was a good thing, and no one making a serious argument about that war's history is claiming that the US "set out to murder one million Iraqis". These kinds of takes are meant to be reductionist ploys used to excuse the behavior of PRC by implying that there is some kind of moral equivalency between these events, which are separated by half a planet (literally) of context. Also, it might be wise to speak with some people who lived under actual oppressive/authoritarian regimes - like the Taliban or the Soviet Union - before making a claim that living that way is always preferable to death.
- redis_mlc 6y ago> no one is actually saying the Iraq War was a good thing I am. The Iraq war was inevitable after Hussein built a massive army and declared himself the next Suleiman, and invaded Kuwait with Saudi Arabia being next. Any serious historian or military analyst would come to the same conclusion.
- newen 6y agoRight. And you think people in the Chinese government set out to put a million Uyghurs in work camps while being criticized by the world? I’m sure it was done in the name of containing terrorism and extremism and it’s something they constantly justify to their population. Stop seeing China as some bogeyman.
- remarkEon 6y agoI don't see China as a bogeyman. I see them as a rising power with global aims, and an explicit objective of suplanting the United States as the premier global power. It seems reasonable to ask questions about whether or not that is a good thing, both for the rest of the world and for the people of the United States. Fair?