▲ 1008 ▼ If you only criticize civilian casualties when Palestine resists, then your concern isn't civilian casualties. Your concern is Palestine resisting massacre. (lemy.lol) submitted 2 years ago by matcha_addict@lemy.lol to c/memes@lemmy.ml 294 comments fedilink hide all child comments This meme is from 2004. History repeats itself.
[+] Anamana@feddit.de 109 points 2 years ago (31 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source hideshow 34 child comments replies: [+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 66 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (10 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 11 child comments replies: [+] michaelrose@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] jmankman@lemmy.myserv.one 27 points 2 years ago (1 child) Shall we begin an era of endless terror by proving it works? Just look at the US military, we already have permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] michaelrose@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago This isn't a good reason permalink fedilink source parent [–] explodicle@local106.com 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) I felt just like this after 9/11. I don't know enough about your country to tell you what the right thing to do is. But I wish that the USA could go back in time and just gradually assassinate Al Queda with the CIA instead or something. Those occupations were doomed from the start. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) The CIA is literally the reason the Al Queda exists. has consistently been the biggest force funding and training terrorists groups around the world. Al Queda is just the modern iteration on the Mujahideen whom US was propping up in the 80s. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] knova@links.dartboard.social 7 points 2 years ago Yup. Listen to the latest season of Blowback podcast. CIA sheltered/evacuated a bunch of Al Quaeda leaders right before the invasion of Afghanistan began. permalink fedilink source parent [–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) The US government at the time did not want to do any such thing. Project For A New American Century, the think tank most of the Bush administration officials came from, openly wrote about how they were hoping for a "new Pearl Harbor" they could use to take the US into war with Iraq. Later, President Bush got a memo about how Al Qaeda was going to attack the US mainland and he did nothing. Then 9/11 happened and the government lied the country into a war with Iraq. What part of this makes you think they were going to do anything about Al Qaeda (other than giving them more funds maybe)? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] explodicle@local106.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're right, I wish they had done the opposite. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Would've been living in a better world. (Cue that one Al Gore alternate reality SNL skit.) permalink fedilink source parent [+] Wogi@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (8 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments load more comments (8 replies) load more comments (9 replies) [–] matcha_addict@lemy.lol [S] 18 points 2 years ago (24 children) "history repeats itself" as in the people who only condemn needless killing when Hamas does it, but ignore the Palestinian cause the rest of the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 24 child comments load more comments (24 replies) [–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago Yes, it's not a perfect caricature, Crimea river permalink fedilink source parent load more comments (28 replies)
[+] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 66 points 2 years ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (10 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 11 child comments replies: [+] michaelrose@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] jmankman@lemmy.myserv.one 27 points 2 years ago (1 child) Shall we begin an era of endless terror by proving it works? Just look at the US military, we already have permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] michaelrose@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago This isn't a good reason permalink fedilink source parent [–] explodicle@local106.com 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) I felt just like this after 9/11. I don't know enough about your country to tell you what the right thing to do is. But I wish that the USA could go back in time and just gradually assassinate Al Queda with the CIA instead or something. Those occupations were doomed from the start. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) The CIA is literally the reason the Al Queda exists. has consistently been the biggest force funding and training terrorists groups around the world. Al Queda is just the modern iteration on the Mujahideen whom US was propping up in the 80s. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] knova@links.dartboard.social 7 points 2 years ago Yup. Listen to the latest season of Blowback podcast. CIA sheltered/evacuated a bunch of Al Quaeda leaders right before the invasion of Afghanistan began. permalink fedilink source parent [–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) The US government at the time did not want to do any such thing. Project For A New American Century, the think tank most of the Bush administration officials came from, openly wrote about how they were hoping for a "new Pearl Harbor" they could use to take the US into war with Iraq. Later, President Bush got a memo about how Al Qaeda was going to attack the US mainland and he did nothing. Then 9/11 happened and the government lied the country into a war with Iraq. What part of this makes you think they were going to do anything about Al Qaeda (other than giving them more funds maybe)? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] explodicle@local106.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're right, I wish they had done the opposite. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Would've been living in a better world. (Cue that one Al Gore alternate reality SNL skit.) permalink fedilink source parent [+] Wogi@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (8 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments load more comments (8 replies) load more comments (9 replies)
[+] michaelrose@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (3 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] jmankman@lemmy.myserv.one 27 points 2 years ago (1 child) Shall we begin an era of endless terror by proving it works? Just look at the US military, we already have permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] michaelrose@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago This isn't a good reason permalink fedilink source parent [–] explodicle@local106.com 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) I felt just like this after 9/11. I don't know enough about your country to tell you what the right thing to do is. But I wish that the USA could go back in time and just gradually assassinate Al Queda with the CIA instead or something. Those occupations were doomed from the start. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) The CIA is literally the reason the Al Queda exists. has consistently been the biggest force funding and training terrorists groups around the world. Al Queda is just the modern iteration on the Mujahideen whom US was propping up in the 80s. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] knova@links.dartboard.social 7 points 2 years ago Yup. Listen to the latest season of Blowback podcast. CIA sheltered/evacuated a bunch of Al Quaeda leaders right before the invasion of Afghanistan began. permalink fedilink source parent [–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) The US government at the time did not want to do any such thing. Project For A New American Century, the think tank most of the Bush administration officials came from, openly wrote about how they were hoping for a "new Pearl Harbor" they could use to take the US into war with Iraq. Later, President Bush got a memo about how Al Qaeda was going to attack the US mainland and he did nothing. Then 9/11 happened and the government lied the country into a war with Iraq. What part of this makes you think they were going to do anything about Al Qaeda (other than giving them more funds maybe)? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] explodicle@local106.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're right, I wish they had done the opposite. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Would've been living in a better world. (Cue that one Al Gore alternate reality SNL skit.) permalink fedilink source parent [+] Wogi@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (8 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments load more comments (8 replies)
[–] jmankman@lemmy.myserv.one 27 points 2 years ago (1 child) Shall we begin an era of endless terror by proving it works? Just look at the US military, we already have permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] michaelrose@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago This isn't a good reason permalink fedilink source parent
[–] michaelrose@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago This isn't a good reason permalink fedilink source parent
[–] explodicle@local106.com 11 points 2 years ago (2 children) I felt just like this after 9/11. I don't know enough about your country to tell you what the right thing to do is. But I wish that the USA could go back in time and just gradually assassinate Al Queda with the CIA instead or something. Those occupations were doomed from the start. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) The CIA is literally the reason the Al Queda exists. has consistently been the biggest force funding and training terrorists groups around the world. Al Queda is just the modern iteration on the Mujahideen whom US was propping up in the 80s. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] knova@links.dartboard.social 7 points 2 years ago Yup. Listen to the latest season of Blowback podcast. CIA sheltered/evacuated a bunch of Al Quaeda leaders right before the invasion of Afghanistan began. permalink fedilink source parent [–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) The US government at the time did not want to do any such thing. Project For A New American Century, the think tank most of the Bush administration officials came from, openly wrote about how they were hoping for a "new Pearl Harbor" they could use to take the US into war with Iraq. Later, President Bush got a memo about how Al Qaeda was going to attack the US mainland and he did nothing. Then 9/11 happened and the government lied the country into a war with Iraq. What part of this makes you think they were going to do anything about Al Qaeda (other than giving them more funds maybe)? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] explodicle@local106.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're right, I wish they had done the opposite. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Would've been living in a better world. (Cue that one Al Gore alternate reality SNL skit.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 15 points 2 years ago (1 child) The CIA is literally the reason the Al Queda exists. has consistently been the biggest force funding and training terrorists groups around the world. Al Queda is just the modern iteration on the Mujahideen whom US was propping up in the 80s. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] knova@links.dartboard.social 7 points 2 years ago Yup. Listen to the latest season of Blowback podcast. CIA sheltered/evacuated a bunch of Al Quaeda leaders right before the invasion of Afghanistan began. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] knova@links.dartboard.social 7 points 2 years ago Yup. Listen to the latest season of Blowback podcast. CIA sheltered/evacuated a bunch of Al Quaeda leaders right before the invasion of Afghanistan began. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) The US government at the time did not want to do any such thing. Project For A New American Century, the think tank most of the Bush administration officials came from, openly wrote about how they were hoping for a "new Pearl Harbor" they could use to take the US into war with Iraq. Later, President Bush got a memo about how Al Qaeda was going to attack the US mainland and he did nothing. Then 9/11 happened and the government lied the country into a war with Iraq. What part of this makes you think they were going to do anything about Al Qaeda (other than giving them more funds maybe)? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] explodicle@local106.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're right, I wish they had done the opposite. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Would've been living in a better world. (Cue that one Al Gore alternate reality SNL skit.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] explodicle@local106.com 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) You're right, I wish they had done the opposite. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Would've been living in a better world. (Cue that one Al Gore alternate reality SNL skit.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] winterayars@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago Would've been living in a better world. (Cue that one Al Gore alternate reality SNL skit.) permalink fedilink source parent
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[–] matcha_addict@lemy.lol [S] 18 points 2 years ago (24 children) "history repeats itself" as in the people who only condemn needless killing when Hamas does it, but ignore the Palestinian cause the rest of the time. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 24 child comments load more comments (24 replies)
[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago Yes, it's not a perfect caricature, Crimea river permalink fedilink source parent