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Ferrous ,

Am I just a pessimist, or is it starting to appear as if escalation of conflict in the Middle East is inevitable?

TokenBoomer ,

It does appear so. Watch oil prices.

Rolder ,

I can’t think of a time in my life where the Middle East didn’t have some kinda shit going on.

JustZ ,
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Yes western imperialism has been at an impasse with religious fanatics who prefer living in the dirt for much longer than you’ve been alive.

You have on one side blind western greed and pragmatism and on the other blind mideastern greed and idealism. It’s intractable. Can’t say I have any sympathy at all for people whose idea of good government is having some muckety muck from church come to your house and shoot your mother in the head because she taught you to read when you were a little girl (looking at you, Afghanistan).

Not like the Zionists are any better. They don’t care if you teach your daughter to read as long as they can pick the book, otherwise they will bomb your dirt hut and the whole village into still dirt but just more spread out again.

Kyrgizion ,

for much longer than you’ve been alive.

Even the Romans stirred up shit there (which is putting it mildly, considering the destruction of the second temple and the subjugation of all of Judea and being renamed Syria-Palaestina - yes, the name is that old), and even long before them it was most probably the most war-torn region in all of Earth. Looks like that isn’t going to change any time soon. It’s definitely not quite a new thing.

stewie3128 ,

We gotta have a war. Either China or Middle East, doesn’t matter. /s

Pohl ,

Iran seems determined to stir up as much shit as possible. This is a huge strategic benefit to their allies in Moscow.

From 10/7 to Red Sea shipping disruptions. all of this is part of russias geopolitical strategy. Right wing Russia friendly governments will come to power because of this. NATO will be weakened. In some ways all of this is in the hopes that you might chose not to vote for Joe Biden next fall.

Linkerbaan ,
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We were just doing Nazi shit and then they attacked us for no reason!

What an insanely backwards analysis you have. Israel did nothing wrong guys this man said so.

Pohl ,

Where in that post did I justify Israel’s behavior?? You are chasing ghosts my dude.

Linkerbaan ,
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These attacks on American bases are a direct response for America committing genocide in Palestine.

I guess history for Americans starts at any point they receive a retaliatory strike for their aggression.

JustZ ,
@JustZ@lemmy.world avatar

This is perfectly proportionate retaliatory strike.

Linkerbaan ,
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As long as Biden is an israeli doggo then of course it will escalate. It’s like asking why supporting Nazi Germany is a powder keg. De-escalation is not possible while giving those guys billions in weapons to continue their genocide with.

EatATaco ,

How many times in the past 8 years have you thought were just about to enter wwiii?

kool_newt ,

It already nearly did and has already been de-escalated, but it will probably re-escalate because Israel is fascist and genocidal.

Israel was in-progress executing a preemptive strike Hezbollah, this was prevented. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj0HLZDwD6A

elbarto777 ,

Merry Christmas, everyone!

– America

Mr_Blott ,

Merry Christmas, every billionaire shareholder in the military industry

Fuck everyone else

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Dashi ,

I don’t care what you say. If you attack an American without provocation you should get this kind of response. Shareholders, businesses, capitalism are not the reason for this.

Mr_Blott ,

The biggest problem is, they lost our trust. They lied their way into countless wars for profit, and now our first thought on hearing something like this is “I bet they staged that to start another war”

Fuck the US war machine, and fuck the people that support it

Dashi ,

Fair and valid, But i will still support reactions like this to verified instances of attacks on our troops.

To be fair though “countless wars for profit” is an exaggeration. I would agree with “to many wars for profit” one would be to many. I do agree with your sentiment overall.

kool_newt ,

Why are our troops there? They are there to support a genocidal regime, our ally. Our presence there was the problem, not the response to it.

Mr_Blott ,

ABC News

Verified

You may choose only one

Linkerbaan ,
@Linkerbaan@lemmy.world avatar

“Shall we leave our illegal military base here?”

“No we stole this land fair and square we have the right to defend it”

rbesfe ,

If the Iraqi government didn’t want US bases in their territory they could literally just tell them to leave

airdi ,

I think Iraqis want US and Iran out of their country. They dont have a say in it at the moment

Linkerbaan ,
@Linkerbaan@lemmy.world avatar

They did in 2019. In 2021 all Americans were supposed to have left

www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57970464

2021: Iraq’s prime minister says there is no need for any foreign combat forces on Iraqi soil

JustZ ,
@JustZ@lemmy.world avatar

I think you’ve got some growing up to do. Nothing wrong with trying to start now. Maybe there’s a community college near mom’s house?

spyd3r ,
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'Bout gd damn time, half expected this administration to surrender instead.

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