Nigeria has gotten billions of dollars in U.S. security assistance, even as its counterterrorism campaign has a massive civilian death toll.

Nigeria has gotten billions of dollars in U.S. security assistance, even as its counterterrorism campaign has a massive civilian death toll.

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  • Pohl@lemmy.world
    30·
    5 months ago

    This is pretty interesting. Americans seem to be convinced that their president is the king of earth and they can, with a wave of their finger change anything. This is total bullshit

    Presidential power inside the country is extremely limited by the constitution and they rarely have an opportunity to “just do what they said they were going to do”.

    Outside our borders… it’s so fucking complicated that no one person really understands the global web of power and influence. At the bottom of the pyramid though, always force of arms. If America is willing to fight you, then you do what they say.

    So… should we start a war in every place on earth that genocide is occurring? Really channel our inner dick Cheney and waste life and treasure in regime changes? Should we really cede all power in the Middle East to Iran so that we can stop our (fucking asshole of an) ally Israel from using those weapons on a highly immoral war? Should we start WWIII with china to save the Uighurs? How many African nations should we currently be bombing?

    Which of those wars do you want to fight? Have you enlisted yet? What are you waiting for?

    • metaldream@sopuli.xyz
      22·
      5 months ago

      We just want the US to stop giving Israel money and weapons. How is that so fucking hard to understand?

      • Pohl@lemmy.world
        3·
        5 months ago

        Me too. Shame is that doing that would empower Iran, which isn’t great. It’s all tough choices and I’m pretty tired of listening to idiots pretend they have all the answers.

        • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
          3·
          5 months ago

          No one is saying Iran needs zero foils to counter and control them, you assuming dingdong.

          We just want the US funded foil to not also be committing a genocide. The fact you conflate, “no genocide” with “eliminate Israel” shows that you are not capable of honestly engaging on this topic.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      5 months ago

      Americans seem to be convinced that their president is the king of earth and they can, with a wave of their finger change anything.

      We can just stop giving Israel money and weapons…

      Ronald Reagan did it when Israel wouldn’t stop seizing their neighbors land, what’s changed?

      Like, you’re acting like the only recourse is fighting a war with Israel.

      We can just stop funding their genocide, or Israel will drag us into a war anyways

        • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          5 months ago

          It’s the natural result of decades of the only standard being “I like the letter by their name”.

          Shitty people will always win in a race where cheating is legal. And as the DNC loves to point out: primaries aren’t real elections and they can just ignore results if they want, so cheating is fine.

          They stopped short of saying “only an idiot would think primaries matter” but unfortunately I don’t think we’re that far away from it.

      • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
        3·
        5 months ago

        Why does that bullshit about Reagan keep popping up?

        That occurred prior to the start of the Israel-Iran proxy conflict in 1985, when Reagan set the precedent of support in the same conflict that you’re protesting right now.

        When he cut back foreign aid to Israel, prior to the conflict, Reagan then provided military aid under the express agreement that they use it to attack Lebanon.

        He wasn’t “being tough” on Israel. He was telling them where to point their weapons.

        https://history.state.gov/milestones/1981-1988/lebanon