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You're talking about the U.S. invasion of Iraq, right? Where the Shock & Awe campaign killed ... between 0 and 6600 civilians [0]? Where 188k+ have died in the
by taxicabjesus 5y ago
You're talking about the U.S. invasion of Iraq, right? Where the Shock & Awe campaign killed ... between 0 and 6600 civilians [0]? Where 188k+ have died in the 19 years since the Neocons invaded [1]?
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_and_awe#Casualties https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shock_and_awe#Casualties
[1] https://www.IraqBodyCount.org/analysis/reference/press-releases/12/ https://www.IraqBodyCount.org/analysis/reference/press-relea...
Where GWB joked about having tricked the Country into doing the Neocons' dirty work [2]?
[2] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/mar/26/usa.iraq https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/mar/26/usa.iraq / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWD6pGQCwM8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWD6pGQCwM8
I don't trust the media to be honest about what's actually happening in Ukraine.
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- simulate-me 5y agoThis is whataboutism. Obviously the war in Iraq was a terrible mistake and tragedy, but that doesn't give anyone carte blanche to do equally terrible things.
- Jerrrry 5y agoWhataboutism is whataboutism. the word should get you warned to stop dismissing valid comparisons. ironically, whataboutism was an intentionally misapplied fallacy popularized by the russians.
- axiosgunnar 5y agoHi, I am not American, so I don't understand why you are bringing that country up? The Rwandan government (since we're pointing out random countries misdeeds to apparently „excuse“ the Russin invasion?) did a genocide once, too!