Existential ComicsOne big problem the United States has with overthrowing countries in the Middle East is that their populations will fight to the end to protect their civilization, whereas Americans will give up immediately if our Flamin' Hot Doritos™ go up in price by 10 percent.
kolya@existentialcomics You mean the population who was killed by the tens of thousands in the streets of Tehran just a few weeks ago? You think they're the ones fighting back against the US to protect their civilization?
BoudWe'll better know about how the Iranians are fighting to restore their civilisation if we help build up pressure to #OpenTheIranianInternet :
Claude@kolya see Afghanistan? That's what happens when the USA get involved. People can hold two views at the same time. Like "our government is shit" and "this foreign country government bombing us is shit" @existentialcomics
@switch @existentialcomics can you hold two opinions though? like the US government is shit but fighting a regime of islamo-fascists is still the right thing to do? I fear with your attitude half of Europe would still be living under Nazi rule. I grant you that the war is badly planned with no precautions for a graceful exit. and yes, Trump is an idiot. but simply not getting involved in the world anymore as the remaining superpower is not a geopolitical strategy. it's the lack of one.
✨buff dog himbo✨@kolya @switch @existentialcomics brother the US has been looking to go to war with Iran for decades & it hasn't hapened because it's stupid & we lose in every simulation. A whole fucking lot of the problems in a whole fucking lot of countries we're dying to bomb were caused by us or our buddies decades ago. The US is not a force for good in the world overall. We have to shift away from superpowers towards a system of global cooperation. This *gestures at imperialist adventurism* ain't it.