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0 pointsstjohnswarts5y ago0 comments

This is so full of false equivalency I don't really know where to start. I'll just say supporting a theocratic dictatorship that sponsors terrorists all over the world (no doubt partially through bitcoin). Also China who is currently committing genocide on a large scale as well as trying to take over commerce by building artificial islands in the strait. You can't "build" an island and expect to take over shipping lanes.

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CryptoPunk5y ago

>>I'll just say supporting a theocratic dictatorship that sponsors terrorists all over the world

Which country are you talking about? The Western foreign policy elite and Gulf Arab states funded a massive influx of Islamic militants into Syria to try change that country's regime:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/foreign-fighters-flow-t...

The largest insurgent faction, and the one receiving the bulk of this material support, was effectively led by al-Qaeda's Syrian franchise, the al Nusra Front.

Unfortunately, every state has the blood of innocent people on their hands.

eloff5y ago

> Unfortunately, every state has the blood of innocent people on their hands.

Yes, but that doesn't mean they are equal either. Some are worse than others.

vimacs25y ago

Pretty sure the US and friends are easily the worst when it comes to sponsoring international terrorism, especially if you don't just arbitrarily decide that state mandated actions are exempt from consideration as terrorism. Iran and other "bad actors" are not even remotely on the same level.

eloff5y ago

> Pretty sure the US and friends are easily the worst when it comes to sponsoring international terrorism.

That's nonsense, but I welcome you to make a case for it with facts.

> especially if you don't just arbitrarily decide that state mandated actions are exempt from consideration as terrorism

If it quacks like a duck, yes. State mandated actions are not exempt. But don't go equating drone strikes on military targets - actual terrorists - as terrorism. That's military action, not terrorism.

> Iran and other "bad actors" are not even remotely on the same level.

Don't even get me started on Russia and North Korea. If you think the US is a worse actor internationally, your moral compass is very poorly calibrated.

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CryptoPunk5y ago

>>I'll just say supporting a theocratic dictatorship that sponsors terrorists all over the world

Which country are you talking about? The Western foreign policy elite and Gulf Arab states funded a massive influx of Islamic militants into Syria to try change that country's regime:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/foreign-fighters-flow-t...

The largest insurgent faction, and the one receiving the bulk of this material support, was effectively led by al-Qaeda's Syrian franchise, the al Nusra Front.

Unfortunately, every state has the blood of innocent people on their hands.

eloff5y ago

> Unfortunately, every state has the blood of innocent people on their hands.

Yes, but that doesn't mean they are equal either. Some are worse than others.

vimacs25y ago

eloff5y ago

> Pretty sure the US and friends are easily the worst when it comes to sponsoring international terrorism.

That's nonsense, but I welcome you to make a case for it with facts.

> especially if you don't just arbitrarily decide that state mandated actions are exempt from consideration as terrorism

> Iran and other "bad actors" are not even remotely on the same level.

Don't even get me started on Russia and North Korea. If you think the US is a worse actor internationally, your moral compass is very poorly calibrated.

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