Less than a year ago, US President Donald Trump gave a speech in the Middle East in which he excoriated his predecessors for their habit of launching “forever wars” in that region. Alluding to the American invasion of Iraq in 2003 in particular, he accused them of “intervening in complex societies that they did not even understand themselves,” with the result that they “wrecked far more nations than they built.”
  • TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    The differences and similarities between the current situation and the 2003 American invasion of Iraq are noted, with some arguing that Trump’s actions are worse due to a lack of authorization from the United Nations Security Council and Congress.

    I get that, but that authorization was based on lies. So, I’m not sure that’s better.

    • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      2 days ago

      It may have been based on lies, but they at least still were forced to get the decorum of legal authoirzation.

      This time around it’s Trump literally saying “I am a dictator and I can bomb whoever I want, go fuck yourself.”

      • TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world
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        2 days ago

        Yeah but that helped give the Iraq invasion the appearance of legitimacy, at least at first, which allowed it to go on longer and cause more harm.

        The unethical act in both instances is the attack or invasion of another nation, not a failure to go through proper channels. If it were, that would imply that invading another country and killing innocent people is justified or acceptable so long as proper authorization is given first, even if that authorization was based on knowingly false information.

  • ulkesh@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Except this time it’s a distraction for his sheep and him wanting to swing his very tiny penis around. I cannot wait until the piece of shit is worm food.