Why don’t we start with Afghanistan? The humanitarian situation there has been negatively effected by trade being cut off. That’s the only consideration, right? /s
The sad thing is, parts of Lemmy might not dislike the Taliban, either.
Sure, like assuming Islam is a region isn’t racist. At least the people that want to bomb (the fictional city of) Agrabah don’t pretend to care about Muslims.
FWIW Iranians don’t even love being lumped in with the Arabs. Afghanistan is culturally Persian, and closer to the central Asian steppe homelands and south Asia than to the Middle East.
Wow, it actually does have a little panhandle squeaking past Tajikistan, I never noticed that. The fact it bordered the Soviet Union is also a big hint it may not be sunny and Mediterranean.
And, I mean, OP was the only one who brought the category up!
Why don’t we start with Afghanistan? The humanitarian situation there has been negatively effected by trade being cut off. That’s the only consideration, right? /s
The sad thing is, parts of Lemmy might not dislike the Taliban, either.
Is this honestly how simplistically you see the world? You think that is analogous to what people are saying? Amazing.
I’m actually criticising how simplistic this argument is.
If you don’t understand why we shouldn’t let Trump and his posse bully anyone they like in the western hemisphere, you’re more like CanadaMinus
Sure, let’s be realistic and provoke an insane Fascist with a $1T military at his disposal.
What’s he going to do, impose tarrifs?
Bomb the capital? Kidnap our leaders? Bomb boats randomly? He would never do that to another country, right?
Molon labe.
No way western propaganda makes it impossible to support any middle eastern country not already allied with the US.
Who mentioned the Middle East?
If you’re going to white knight a country, at least be able to find it on a map.
Bordering the middle east my bad I don’t care about colony borders made by racist white people in history.
Sure, like assuming Islam is a region isn’t racist. At least the people that want to bomb (the fictional city of) Agrabah don’t pretend to care about Muslims.
FWIW Iranians don’t even love being lumped in with the Arabs. Afghanistan is culturally Persian, and closer to the central Asian steppe homelands and south Asia than to the Middle East.
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Since history is full of white washing I stopped caring about history
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I mean, if you ignore history, the West hasn’t done anything bad ever.
Wow, it actually does have a little panhandle squeaking past Tajikistan, I never noticed that. The fact it bordered the Soviet Union is also a big hint it may not be sunny and Mediterranean.
And, I mean, OP was the only one who brought the category up!
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Wow, it’s amazing a few bombing survivors could completely change a province of 25 million. That makes this genocide okay. /s
Also a family member of mine who was there several times.
Edit: Maybe I’m misunderstanding your point. You were just arguing against a “everyone against the West is good” guy.
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