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Yeah I think Afghanistan was just a place they could safely drop a lot of expensive bombs. Iraq, and later see Libya, Syria, and others, ongoing, are places wh

Yeah I think Afghanistan was just a place they could safely drop a lot of expensive bombs. Iraq, and later see Libya, Syria, and others, ongoing, are places where they don't want strong dictators who are against the international monetary monopoly. Just look at the shenanigans African dictators get up to and we just send trainers, because it's the only effective solution over time.

dhzhzjsbevs 4y ago
Everyone always forgets Yemen. Why does everyone forget Yemen? Is it because it's the Saudis again? Or is it because Obama did it? Or because Trump continued it? Or is it because Biden said he would end it but didn't? https://youtube.com/watch?v=hFkngrRDdaA https://youtube.com/watch?v=hFkngrRDdaA Inflammatory comment I know. Tell that to the 100s of thousands being genocided.
- ars 4y ago
  Everyone ignores Yemen for the same reason they ignore Syria: It's bad guys attacking bad guys. Edit: I appear to be wrong about this: America would not support either side in those wars, so they just leave them alone to fight.
  - mardifoufs 4y ago
    This is false and a false equivalence. It's like saying that we shouldn't care about ukraine since they have azov actively fighting on the frontline, so both sides are just bad. There's mostly one side that's doing the "bombing civilians" and "invade your weaker neighbor " part. And it's not like America is neutral here. They are actively supporting the saudi/anti houthi coalition, with intel and weaponry. It's fine to say that you just don't really care because we can't care about everything, which is true, but there's no need to rationalize that choice.
  - vaidhy 4y ago
    Really?? I thought US is supplying most of the weapons and logistics for Saudi Arabia to fight in Yemen while Russia is supporting Iran which supports the Houthis. In the end, both sides are bombing the hell out of that country which has no recourse.
    - ars 4y ago
      I looked into it, just in case I was wrong, and it's certainly not "most of the", but there is some American support for Saudi Arabia fighting Yemen, so I was partially wrong.
- boomboomsubban 4y ago
  There seems to be some disconnect with Yemen as we aren't doing the bombing, we're merely supplying the bombs and planning the bombing. It's not our fault that the Saudi's are dropping US bombs on US targets. This justification falls apart with the blockade though.
  - markdown 4y ago
    Same deal as the Palestinian genocide. Merely supplying the bombs.
  - justsomehnguy 4y ago
    > There seems to be some disconnect with $somesuddenlyeuropeancountry as we aren't doing the bombing, we're merely supplying the bombs and planning the bombing. It's not our fault that the $somesuddenlyeuropeancountry's are dropping US bombs on US targets. LOL EDIT: and with M777 and HIMARS it's quite literal US bombs.
    - ncmncm 4y ago
      Yet, not genocide. Unless targeting invading Russian tanks and warships counts as trying to eliminate Russians in general.
      - justsomehnguy 4y ago
        Yeah, exactly. Compare the civilian losses in these two conflicts and remember who is running around with 'genocide'.
  - reducesuffering 4y ago
    If you want to advocate for the Yemeni Civil War issue, why don’t you commenters start with the reasons why Saudis and US are involved. Houthi’s are a foreign-backed (Iran) insurgency attempting to overthrow the government, with the racist slogan “Death to America, Death to Israel, Cursed be the Jews, Victory to Islam". With that said, lots more needs to be done to prevent innocent civilians from the atrocities from both sides. Nobody likes having to realpolitik with Saudi. They’re a shitty necessity to counter Iran’s attempt at stirring the pot with global Muslim caliphate nonsense.
- JacobThreeThree 4y ago
  >Why does everyone forget Yemen? Most people have their worldview spoonfed to them by the media, who are almost universally not interested in the Yemen war.
q1w2 4y ago
> Afghanistan was just a place they could safely drop a lot of expensive bombs Afghanistan is literally where Al-Quaeda was based. It wasn't even the US alone - NATO allies also joined the war in Afghanistan because of the obvious connection with 9-11.

dhzhzjsbevs 4y ago

Everyone always forgets Yemen. Why does everyone forget Yemen? Is it because it's the Saudis again? Or is it because Obama did it? Or because Trump continued it? Or is it because Biden said he would end it but didn't? https://youtube.com/watch?v=hFkngrRDdaA https://youtube.com/watch?v=hFkngrRDdaA Inflammatory comment I know. Tell that to the 100s of thousands being genocided.

ars 4y ago
Everyone ignores Yemen for the same reason they ignore Syria: It's bad guys attacking bad guys. Edit: I appear to be wrong about this: America would not support either side in those wars, so they just leave them alone to fight.
- mardifoufs 4y ago
  This is false and a false equivalence. It's like saying that we shouldn't care about ukraine since they have azov actively fighting on the frontline, so both sides are just bad. There's mostly one side that's doing the "bombing civilians" and "invade your weaker neighbor " part. And it's not like America is neutral here. They are actively supporting the saudi/anti houthi coalition, with intel and weaponry. It's fine to say that you just don't really care because we can't care about everything, which is true, but there's no need to rationalize that choice.
- vaidhy 4y ago
  Really?? I thought US is supplying most of the weapons and logistics for Saudi Arabia to fight in Yemen while Russia is supporting Iran which supports the Houthis. In the end, both sides are bombing the hell out of that country which has no recourse.
  - ars 4y ago
    I looked into it, just in case I was wrong, and it's certainly not "most of the", but there is some American support for Saudi Arabia fighting Yemen, so I was partially wrong.
boomboomsubban 4y ago
There seems to be some disconnect with Yemen as we aren't doing the bombing, we're merely supplying the bombs and planning the bombing. It's not our fault that the Saudi's are dropping US bombs on US targets. This justification falls apart with the blockade though.
- markdown 4y ago
  Same deal as the Palestinian genocide. Merely supplying the bombs.
- justsomehnguy 4y ago
  > There seems to be some disconnect with $somesuddenlyeuropeancountry as we aren't doing the bombing, we're merely supplying the bombs and planning the bombing. It's not our fault that the $somesuddenlyeuropeancountry's are dropping US bombs on US targets. LOL EDIT: and with M777 and HIMARS it's quite literal US bombs.
  - ncmncm 4y ago
    Yet, not genocide. Unless targeting invading Russian tanks and warships counts as trying to eliminate Russians in general.
    - justsomehnguy 4y ago
      Yeah, exactly. Compare the civilian losses in these two conflicts and remember who is running around with 'genocide'.
- reducesuffering 4y ago
  If you want to advocate for the Yemeni Civil War issue, why don’t you commenters start with the reasons why Saudis and US are involved. Houthi’s are a foreign-backed (Iran) insurgency attempting to overthrow the government, with the racist slogan “Death to America, Death to Israel, Cursed be the Jews, Victory to Islam". With that said, lots more needs to be done to prevent innocent civilians from the atrocities from both sides. Nobody likes having to realpolitik with Saudi. They’re a shitty necessity to counter Iran’s attempt at stirring the pot with global Muslim caliphate nonsense.
JacobThreeThree 4y ago
>Why does everyone forget Yemen? Most people have their worldview spoonfed to them by the media, who are almost universally not interested in the Yemen war.

q1w2 4y ago

> Afghanistan was just a place they could safely drop a lot of expensive bombs Afghanistan is literally where Al-Quaeda was based. It wasn't even the US alone - NATO allies also joined the war in Afghanistan because of the obvious connection with 9-11.