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Ahh, trying to bomb your way to regime change in the Middle East. This feels so familiar. What could possibly go wrong? If only those who advocated for war wer

Ahh, trying to bomb your way to regime change in the Middle East. This feels so familiar. What could possibly go wrong? If only those who advocated for war were forced to fight in them.

firesteelrain 1y ago
I fought in Iraq.
- emilsedgh 1y ago
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  - firesteelrain 1y ago
    Thanks!
- Aloisius 1y ago
  Will you be volunteering to fight in Iran next? And any wars that fall out of it from a country with twice the population of Iraq being destabilized?
  - firesteelrain 1y ago
    I am already volunteering But I dont think we are invading Obama attacked Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen. We aren’t there now are we? December 1, 2012 - 300th drone strike on Pakistan. Obama executed 563 drone strikes on Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan alone while in office.
    - seanmcdirmid 1y ago
      > Obama attacked Pakistan I’m scratching my head on this because Pakistan was and is still a US ally, but I guess you mean the Bin Laden operation?
      - firesteelrain 1y ago
        No, the 300 drone strikes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan
        nebula8804 1y ago
        From your link: "However, despite the public opposition of Pakistani officials, multiple former Prime Ministers gave covert permission to the United States to carry out these attacks." Makes sense, they were in the tribal areas where I assume the government was losing control of their monsters.
        firesteelrain 1y ago
        Point is we weren’t at war with those countries. Clinton - Yugoslavia 1999 Obama - Airstrikes on Libya in 2011 Goes back to the War Powers Act of 1973.
- the_gipsy 1y ago
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  - firesteelrain 1y ago
    Come on man. Do you really want blood on your hands with that comment?
    - the_gipsy 1y ago
      I'm not sure I understand what you mean, perhaps my comment sounded snarky? But I don't think it's unwarranted either. 9/11 was not a direct response to any US invasion, but the London and Madrid bombings were a direct response to the second Iraq invasion. I would be surprised if there will be no terrorist attacks on American soil.
      - firesteelrain 1y ago
        In those cases it was performed by non state actors Iran is a state which cannot project power. If they do try to hit the homeland via proxy you can almost guarantee we will hit back harder. They didn’t do much after we killed their general who also was a sponsor of terrorism in the region. Any effects will be regionalized
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- dunekid 1y ago
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    Ok
  - dunekid 1y ago
    Part of the said massacre masquerading as fight here : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_12,_2007,_Baghdad_airstrike https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_12,_2007,_Baghdad_airst... Killing Civilians and journalists, then laughing at them. This is not fight, that you and your compatriots did was nothing but crimes against humanity, with impunity.
- spacechild1 1y ago
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Ahh, trying to bomb your way to regime change in the Middle East. This feels so familiar. What could possibly go wrong? If only those who advocated for war were forced to fight in them.

firesteelrain 1y ago

I fought in Iraq.

emilsedgh 1y ago
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- firesteelrain 1y ago
  Thanks!
Aloisius 1y ago
Will you be volunteering to fight in Iran next? And any wars that fall out of it from a country with twice the population of Iraq being destabilized?
- firesteelrain 1y ago
  I am already volunteering But I dont think we are invading Obama attacked Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen. We aren’t there now are we? December 1, 2012 - 300th drone strike on Pakistan. Obama executed 563 drone strikes on Yemen, Somalia and Pakistan alone while in office.
  - seanmcdirmid 1y ago
    > Obama attacked Pakistan I’m scratching my head on this because Pakistan was and is still a US ally, but I guess you mean the Bin Laden operation?
    - firesteelrain 1y ago
      No, the 300 drone strikes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drone_strikes_in_Pakistan
      - nebula8804 1y ago
        From your link: "However, despite the public opposition of Pakistani officials, multiple former Prime Ministers gave covert permission to the United States to carry out these attacks." Makes sense, they were in the tribal areas where I assume the government was losing control of their monsters.
        firesteelrain 1y ago
        Point is we weren’t at war with those countries. Clinton - Yugoslavia 1999 Obama - Airstrikes on Libya in 2011 Goes back to the War Powers Act of 1973.
the_gipsy 1y ago
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- firesteelrain 1y ago
  Come on man. Do you really want blood on your hands with that comment?
  - the_gipsy 1y ago
    I'm not sure I understand what you mean, perhaps my comment sounded snarky? But I don't think it's unwarranted either. 9/11 was not a direct response to any US invasion, but the London and Madrid bombings were a direct response to the second Iraq invasion. I would be surprised if there will be no terrorist attacks on American soil.
    - firesteelrain 1y ago
      In those cases it was performed by non state actors Iran is a state which cannot project power. If they do try to hit the homeland via proxy you can almost guarantee we will hit back harder. They didn’t do much after we killed their general who also was a sponsor of terrorism in the region. Any effects will be regionalized
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dunekid 1y ago
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- firesteelrain 1y ago
  Ok
- dunekid 1y ago
  Part of the said massacre masquerading as fight here : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_12,_2007,_Baghdad_airstrike https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_12,_2007,_Baghdad_airst... Killing Civilians and journalists, then laughing at them. This is not fight, that you and your compatriots did was nothing but crimes against humanity, with impunity.
spacechild1 1y ago
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