MyOpinion@lemmy.today
on 18 Jun 2025 13:14
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This is the kind of scum we choose as our allies. Disgraceful.
Allemaniac@lemmy.world
on 18 Jun 2025 13:28
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They also assassinated Kashoggi, who was living in Germany at that time. But give it 2 more years and you will hear similar news from the US
Gowron_Howard@lemmy.world
on 18 Jun 2025 13:41
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As an American I give it one year, maybe less.
blazeknave@lemmy.world
on 18 Jun 2025 18:29
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In spite of the speed run, the calendar is ticking quicker than I imagined.
I think the vibe around the midterms when primary season kicks off, will paint a picture of what’s next.
Allemaniac@lemmy.world
on 19 Jun 2025 12:57
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Or who’s next. My guess is that he will return to lying about mexicans and either his regime, or some of his fanatics, will create/stage an incident, which Trump will use to declare emergency on everything and start sending the military to round up legal and illegal immigrants, gays, jews, disabled people, people believing in something different than jesus and god, people on a different mobile phone than the t1 trump chinese phone (dis a joke but the rest ain’t)
blazeknave@lemmy.world
on 19 Jun 2025 18:45
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Not really a joke in that, having one, will probably exclude you. Might be worth the investment🥹
Why wait? Cops are already shooting rubber bullets at journalists during protests and doing all kinds of illegal things to them for the crime of-well there is no crime, actually, except for what’s being committed by the cops.
floofloof@lemmy.ca
on 18 Jun 2025 13:33
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Saudi Arabia and Israel. The best allies.
WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
on 18 Jun 2025 14:31
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Are we the baddies?
modifier@lemmy.ca
on 18 Jun 2025 16:51
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Very much yes.
blazeknave@lemmy.world
on 18 Jun 2025 18:32
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Did nobody open a history book before two years ago? We’ve been the imperial iron fist of the West for a century. Since manifest destiny and the Monroe doctrine even.
I just came to terms with not hating our past, bc better us than Russia, North Korea, Iran, et al running the show. But bruh - we’ve got our warts. Covered in em.
Cheap consumer goods come from advantageous trade relationships. Trade is impacted by regimes, culture, military size differences, etc. Do the math. Lookup Dole and why them bananas so cheap. Need faster cheaper shipping, let’s buy Panama! The list is endless.
anzo@programming.dev
on 18 Jun 2025 22:53
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I mean… death penalty is a thing, prison is another. Whatever the punishment, the law being applied on a f*ing tweet is quite extreme already. And all countries do this. So, before blaming perhaps some reflection is due.
DicJacobus@lemmy.world
on 19 Jun 2025 13:21
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the kind of scum that the mobsters in government choose as allies.
Not sovereign countries that were attacked because another Mob state unilaterally decided they dont get to exist anymore, like Ukraine , Not oppressed people who’ve been systematically denied representation and genocided for centuries, Like the Kurds
Instead, We cosy up with Regimes with abhorrent human rights abuses who win favor in the west with bribery.
Countries that wage war against us from the inside, trying to convince us they’re friends whilst having no intentions other then destroying us, like Russia,
Wasting money trying to prop up regimes that want nothing to do with us other than our money, like Afghanistan and Iraq.
or the never ending blank check to Israel who freaks out every time someone sneezes, Who will never run out of enemies, and make new ones when they do. citing the Holocaust as an excuse to butcher 80,000 people in a month all while threatening to use nukes if they fail.
yournamehere@lemm.ee
on 18 Jun 2025 16:52
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and zero fucks are given when saudi arabia calls for de escalation etc
a shitty regime. stop buying oil and gas and bam their country is dead. they produce nothing relevant, they educate no one and have culture of patriarchy that was hip a 1000 years ago.
saudi arabia isnt a country is a facist scam.
tekato@lemmy.world
on 18 Jun 2025 18:43
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Don’t worry guys. You can just attend the iconic Esports World Cup (life changing money, btw) and see how great Saudi Arabia really is.
Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca
on 18 Jun 2025 22:07
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Again.
PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social
on 19 Jun 2025 13:09
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They sent 19 religious fanatics to learn to fly jumbo jets into the wtc
Never forget ? Whatever I guess
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
on 19 Jun 2025 14:59
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The irony of the bin Laden attack is that it was in response to US military occupation of Saudi Arabia, via a dozen-odd installations ringing the Saudi Peninsula.
But UK/US military occupation of The Kingdom (combined with the Petrodollar, which grants the Monarchy an unlimited line of international credit) is what effectively makes Saudi Arabia a military and economic power in the region. The western occupation of Saudi Arabia is the gun to the head of every other country in the region. Without that, they’d be no better off than Egypt or Turkiye.
Bin Laden and his allies were certainly fanatical. But they were reactionary in defiance of the Protestant dominance of the Muslim World. It’s hard for us to forget 9/11. It’s far easier for us to forget the prior 60 years of UK/US/Israeli backed violent oppression, invasion, and assassination of every Unaligned Muslim Leader stretching from Algeria to Thailand.
PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social
on 19 Jun 2025 15:01
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Yeah capitalists are bad guys
UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca
on 19 Jun 2025 14:33
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Trump salivating while reading this.
Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works
on 19 Jun 2025 15:08
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Coming to America 3: Fascism Boogaloo
Freshparsnip@lemm.ee
on 19 Jun 2025 15:53
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Trump wants to know why he can’t do that in America
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
on 20 Jun 2025 06:07
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This is the kind of scum we choose as our allies. Disgraceful.
They also assassinated Kashoggi, who was living in Germany at that time. But give it 2 more years and you will hear similar news from the US
As an American I give it one year, maybe less.
In spite of the speed run, the calendar is ticking quicker than I imagined. I think the vibe around the midterms when primary season kicks off, will paint a picture of what’s next.
Or who’s next. My guess is that he will return to lying about mexicans and either his regime, or some of his fanatics, will create/stage an incident, which Trump will use to declare emergency on everything and start sending the military to round up legal and illegal immigrants, gays, jews, disabled people, people believing in something different than jesus and god, people on a different mobile phone than the t1 trump chinese phone (dis a joke but the rest ain’t)
Not really a joke in that, having one, will probably exclude you. Might be worth the investment🥹
Why wait? Cops are already shooting rubber bullets at journalists during protests and doing all kinds of illegal things to them for the crime of-well there is no crime, actually, except for what’s being committed by the cops.
Saudi Arabia and Israel. The best allies.
Are we the baddies?
Very much yes.
Did nobody open a history book before two years ago? We’ve been the imperial iron fist of the West for a century. Since manifest destiny and the Monroe doctrine even.
I just came to terms with not hating our past, bc better us than Russia, North Korea, Iran, et al running the show. But bruh - we’ve got our warts. Covered in em.
Cheap consumer goods come from advantageous trade relationships. Trade is impacted by regimes, culture, military size differences, etc. Do the math. Lookup Dole and why them bananas so cheap. Need faster cheaper shipping, let’s buy Panama! The list is endless.
🌏👨🚀🔫👨🚀🌌
I mean… death penalty is a thing, prison is another. Whatever the punishment, the law being applied on a f*ing tweet is quite extreme already. And all countries do this. So, before blaming perhaps some reflection is due.
the kind of scum that the mobsters in government choose as allies.
Not sovereign countries that were attacked because another Mob state unilaterally decided they dont get to exist anymore, like Ukraine , Not oppressed people who’ve been systematically denied representation and genocided for centuries, Like the Kurds
Instead, We cosy up with Regimes with abhorrent human rights abuses who win favor in the west with bribery.
Countries that wage war against us from the inside, trying to convince us they’re friends whilst having no intentions other then destroying us, like Russia,
Wasting money trying to prop up regimes that want nothing to do with us other than our money, like Afghanistan and Iraq.
or the never ending blank check to Israel who freaks out every time someone sneezes, Who will never run out of enemies, and make new ones when they do. citing the Holocaust as an excuse to butcher 80,000 people in a month all while threatening to use nukes if they fail.
asdf
Wasn’t Saddam trying to move to selling his oil in another currency, which is one of the reasons he was invaded?
asdf
and zero fucks are given when saudi arabia calls for de escalation etc
a shitty regime. stop buying oil and gas and bam their country is dead. they produce nothing relevant, they educate no one and have culture of patriarchy that was hip a 1000 years ago. saudi arabia isnt a country is a facist scam.
Don’t worry guys. You can just attend the iconic Esports World Cup (life changing money, btw) and see how great Saudi Arabia really is.
Again.
They sent 19 religious fanatics to learn to fly jumbo jets into the wtc
Never forget ? Whatever I guess
The irony of the bin Laden attack is that it was in response to US military occupation of Saudi Arabia, via a dozen-odd installations ringing the Saudi Peninsula.
<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/9de1e56d-eb27-472c-be3a-21cebc7bd27d.png">
But UK/US military occupation of The Kingdom (combined with the Petrodollar, which grants the Monarchy an unlimited line of international credit) is what effectively makes Saudi Arabia a military and economic power in the region. The western occupation of Saudi Arabia is the gun to the head of every other country in the region. Without that, they’d be no better off than Egypt or Turkiye.
Bin Laden and his allies were certainly fanatical. But they were reactionary in defiance of the Protestant dominance of the Muslim World. It’s hard for us to forget 9/11. It’s far easier for us to forget the prior 60 years of UK/US/Israeli backed violent oppression, invasion, and assassination of every Unaligned Muslim Leader stretching from Algeria to Thailand.
Yeah capitalists are bad guys
Trump salivating while reading this.
Coming to America 3: Fascism Boogaloo
Trump wants to know why he can’t do that in America
“We’re looking into that”.