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Who did the US bomb before 9/11? Who did the US bomb before Pearl Harbor? Who did the US bomb before its embassies in East Africa were attacked? https://www.fbi

by YZF 6mo ago

Who did the US bomb before 9/11? Who did the US bomb before Pearl Harbor? Who did the US bomb before its embassies in East Africa were attacked? https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/east-african-embassy-bombings https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/east-african-embass... Who did the US bomb before https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103 ? I would love for nobody to bomb or kill anyone. Did Ukraine bomb Russia? Is Taiwan bombing China that declares it is going to take Taiwan by force? There isn't a single conflict in the world today where I can see that someone can just say "we're going to stop" and they'll be safe. There is always something more to it. If Ukraine says we'll just stop attacking Russian soldiers is that war over? If Russia says we'll just stop attacking Ukraine and stay where we are is that war over? Is there any other conflict where the answer is simply stop and it'll be fine?

stavros 6mo ago
> Who did the US bomb before 9/11? Iraq, during the Gulf War. > Who did the US bomb before Pearl Harbor? Japan, though the US didn't bomb them, it instituted an oil embargo and asset freeze. > Who did the US bomb before its embassies in East Africa were attacked Iraq, during the Gulf War. > Who did the US bomb before https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103 ? Tripoli and Benghazi, Iran Air Flight 655. I don't understand the purpose of these questions. Were you thinking the US was just minding its own business and some bad guys came and attacked it?
- throw310822 6mo ago
  The US are also the major enabler of Israel's colonial expansion and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. This was clearly expressed by Bin Laden himself as one of the motives behind the 9/11 attacks. > Were you thinking the US was just minding its own business and some bad guys came and attacked it As I remember, this was exactly the way the US explained 9/11: "they hate us for our freedom".
  - stavros 6mo ago
    Sure, but I'd hope any commenter here would be smart enough to not believe such a facile explanation.
  - YZF 6mo ago
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    - throw310822 6mo ago
      You asked "who did the US bomb before 9/11" and you got the answer. Now you're arguing that they shouldn't have reacted even if the US bombed them before (calling it "an excuse")? As for the peace process with Palestinians, it was always a sham. The US (as it's evident now to many) are entirely unable to apply any sort of pressure on their "ally". What they've done is just buying time for Israel to expand its colonisation under the temporary pretense of some ongoing "peace process".
      - YZF 6mo ago
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    - gazebo2 6mo ago
      >There is always an excuse "excuse" is a funny way of wording it -- "motivation" or "explanation" might be more appropriate here. is the expectation that the US can and should be able to kill and destroy and the victims just turn the other cheek?
    - megous 6mo ago
      West bank and Gaza were never under full Palestinian control since 1967 both were under brutal occupation or blockade + contant Israeli meddling into internal affairs.
      - YZF 6mo ago
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gib444 6mo ago
> Who did the US bomb before 9/11? Who did the US bomb before Pearl Harbor? Right, they just hate the US because of their freedoms. /s
cyberax 6mo ago
> Who did the US bomb before 9/11? Korea, Vietnam, Laos...
- xdennis 6mo ago
  Bombing Korea led to bin Laden attacking on 9/11? You did not read that GP was saying. He's saying that many conflicts are not started because US bombed a place.
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wesselbindt 6mo ago
Before 9/11: Afghanistan Yugoslavia Before 98: Libya Panama Iraq Kuwait Somalia Bosnia Iran Sudan Afghanistan Before 88: Korea China Guatemala Indonesia Cuba Guatemala Belgian Congo Guatemala Dominican Republic Peru Laos Vietnam Cambodia Guatemala Lebanon Grenada Libya El Salvador Nicaragua Iran Japan Before Pearl Harbor: Dominican Republic Nicaragua China Mexico Russia Wow, that's a lot of bombs! Hope this helps.
konart 6mo ago
Yugoslavia?

by YZF 6mo ago

stavros 6mo ago

> Who did the US bomb before 9/11? Iraq, during the Gulf War. > Who did the US bomb before Pearl Harbor? Japan, though the US didn't bomb them, it instituted an oil embargo and asset freeze. > Who did the US bomb before its embassies in East Africa were attacked Iraq, during the Gulf War. > Who did the US bomb before https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103 ? Tripoli and Benghazi, Iran Air Flight 655. I don't understand the purpose of these questions. Were you thinking the US was just minding its own business and some bad guys came and attacked it?

throw310822 6mo ago
The US are also the major enabler of Israel's colonial expansion and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians. This was clearly expressed by Bin Laden himself as one of the motives behind the 9/11 attacks. > Were you thinking the US was just minding its own business and some bad guys came and attacked it As I remember, this was exactly the way the US explained 9/11: "they hate us for our freedom".
- stavros 6mo ago
  Sure, but I'd hope any commenter here would be smart enough to not believe such a facile explanation.
- YZF 6mo ago
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  - throw310822 6mo ago
    You asked "who did the US bomb before 9/11" and you got the answer. Now you're arguing that they shouldn't have reacted even if the US bombed them before (calling it "an excuse")? As for the peace process with Palestinians, it was always a sham. The US (as it's evident now to many) are entirely unable to apply any sort of pressure on their "ally". What they've done is just buying time for Israel to expand its colonisation under the temporary pretense of some ongoing "peace process".
    - YZF 6mo ago
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  - gazebo2 6mo ago
    >There is always an excuse "excuse" is a funny way of wording it -- "motivation" or "explanation" might be more appropriate here. is the expectation that the US can and should be able to kill and destroy and the victims just turn the other cheek?
  - megous 6mo ago
    West bank and Gaza were never under full Palestinian control since 1967 both were under brutal occupation or blockade + contant Israeli meddling into internal affairs.
    - YZF 6mo ago
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gib444 6mo ago

> Who did the US bomb before 9/11? Who did the US bomb before Pearl Harbor? Right, they just hate the US because of their freedoms. /s

cyberax 6mo ago

> Who did the US bomb before 9/11? Korea, Vietnam, Laos...

xdennis 6mo ago
Bombing Korea led to bin Laden attacking on 9/11? You did not read that GP was saying. He's saying that many conflicts are not started because US bombed a place.

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wesselbindt 6mo ago

Before 9/11: Afghanistan Yugoslavia Before 98: Libya Panama Iraq Kuwait Somalia Bosnia Iran Sudan Afghanistan Before 88: Korea China Guatemala Indonesia Cuba Guatemala Belgian Congo Guatemala Dominican Republic Peru Laos Vietnam Cambodia Guatemala Lebanon Grenada Libya El Salvador Nicaragua Iran Japan Before Pearl Harbor: Dominican Republic Nicaragua China Mexico Russia Wow, that's a lot of bombs! Hope this helps.

konart 6mo ago

Yugoslavia?