• Black Comrade@lemmygrad.mlOP
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    1 year ago

    Not really, troops only purpose is to serve the US interest. Any “help” they might look like to give, is due to something that aligns with their interest. The US military is a terrorist organization.

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      1 year ago

      I can’t reason someone out of a position they didn’t use reason to arrive at. That’s an unfalsifiable claim. Yes, the US does things that won’t hurt them and has been known to do things that help them. I’m sure you’ve done things that is in your best interest as well. That’s a far cry from proof of terrorism. It’s absolute insanity and conspiracy theory to make that jump. I’m not going to continue this discussion.

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          1 year ago

          You got a list from Stalin and Mao as well?

          No?

          You fucking tankies man.

          It’s not bad if an authoritarian regime disguised as communism does it?

          Yes america has done fucked up shit but at least we aren’t backing the invaders against Ukraine.

          If you guys all think this ideology is so great, either buy some land and give it a shot, or move to Russia or china, since y’all love them so much.

        • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.com
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          1 year ago

          Okay… Where’s the documented list of every good they did so that you can actually look at both sides and make a reasoned decision…

          Wait? You don’t have one? So you’re biased as fuck and only looking at one dataset that corroborates your bias… Who’d have thunk!

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            1 year ago

            It’s the same list, good actions go at the bottom, it’s just empty right now because they haven’t done anything good. It’ll be appended when they die.

            • Saik0@lemmy.saik0.com
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              1 year ago

              That’s called delusion.

              If

              On February 3rd, 2022, US troops murdered 6 children and 4 women during a raid in Syria.

              Is worthy to be called an “Atrocity” then there’s plenty of cases where 10+ lives were saved that should be on the other side of this equation. You’re just lying to yourself.

              Source: https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/14/opinion/how-much-good-has-united-states-really-done-world/

              In 2003 Clinton’s successor, George W. Bush, launched the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Since then, PEPFAR has expanded from 15 countries to more than 50 and from an initial commitment of $15 billion to a total of $80 billion. It has saved millions of lives and remains one of the most successful humanitarian projects in modern history.

              It really doesn’t take all that much to show that you’re full of it.