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0 pointsdismalaf2mo ago0 comments

> Which government was relatively moderate? Gaddhafi who threatened to slaughter the rebellious cities block to block on TV? Assad who did just that and gassed his own people for a good measure?

Both of them were more moderate than ISIS lol.

But yeah, Egypt is more moderate than the Muslim brotherhood. Jordan is moderate. The non-Hezbollah part of Lebanon. UAE, Qatar, Oman all quite moderate. The Saudis are even secularizing a tad to try calming down fundamentalist sentiment. All these states actively suppress Islamism and generally are pro-west.

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varjag2mo ago

None of them where Arab Spring had struggled were "moderate", this is ridiculous. Assad has caused death of over 600k people (by the time they stopped counting in 2019). And ISIS is a natural consequence of these secular (if you can call personality cults even that) dictatorships lasting decades.

dismalafOP2mo ago

Ok so you ignored the states I did list and focused on the tongue in cheek comment. Gotcha.

varjag2mo ago

None of the places you listed (sans Egypt) were a part of Arab Spring, I wonder why.

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0 pointsdismalaf2mo ago0 comments

> Which government was relatively moderate? Gaddhafi who threatened to slaughter the rebellious cities block to block on TV? Assad who did just that and gassed his own people for a good measure?

Both of them were more moderate than ISIS lol.

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varjag2mo ago

dismalafOP2mo ago

Ok so you ignored the states I did list and focused on the tongue in cheek comment. Gotcha.

varjag2mo ago

None of the places you listed (sans Egypt) were a part of Arab Spring, I wonder why.

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