The Most Accurately Predicted Genocide in History (opens in new tab)

(thewalrus.ca)

20 pointsgarbawarb12d ago7 comments

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If you're wondering "Why is this on HN?"

> “It was a choice. It was a choice that was made at the start of the civil war. It was the most accurately predicted massacre in human history. We had two and a half years to stop it. We had the full weight and the full capability of US-intelligence-level collection tools,” Raymond tells me. “We knew everything.”

throwaway29012d ago

This article hits hard especially with the current "liberation" of Iran

snvzz12d ago

Even ignoring the recent massacre of against regime demonstrators.

Everybody has seen Iran's missiles, and how the regime does not hesitate to used them to attack literally everything the missiles can reach.

Would you rather wait for them to have nukes?

It is not as easy to draw the connection with protecting US interests in the OP story.

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snvzz12d ago

The question being, how does it have anything to do with the US?

The article fails to explain this. It instead appeals to emotion.

garbawarbOP11d ago

The interviewed individual worked at the US state department. But The Walrus is a Canadian outlet so their writings are rarely about the US.

M_bara12d ago

It’s all about the resources - the gold, the minerals and the farmland. Different groups want to control it from East African proxies for the Middle East. It’s really sad and has the potential to destabilise the region.

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