• Awoo [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    It makes the “we must save democracy” calls ring hollow when they’ll destroy it for 231million people as soon as a country doesn’t want to do what they demand.

    If the liberals gave a shit about democracy they’d be all over this, but they’re not.

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    The partition of India was one of the greatest disasters of the 20th century. A major factor in the Sino-Soviet split as well.

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    Remember when this would have at least been a little bit of a scandal?

    We are so boned.

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    I thought this article was going to be fake when I first saw it posted because it hits so many - i don’t want to call them buzzwords - but current international political topics I guess. Was also sure it was going to be a Grayzone article. Glad it’s a slightly more reputable news source for when/if I share this at all.

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        Max Blumenthal is a weird anti-vax dipshit, likely because they provide more traffic and stuff to the site than actual leftists. I still appreciate the anti-imperialist news they do but every article they post now needs to be analyzed a bit before believing I’d say.

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          How anti-vax are we talking? Is it “Covid vaccine was rolled out too quickly and they didn’t check for side effects enough” level of anti-vax, or full blown “vaccines are fake and used by big pharma to control the population!” level of anti-vax?

          But thanks for the tip though, I try to cross reference stuff anyway, but it’s always good to keep in mind the specific biases of any news source.

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    So this is just Iran-Contra with a minor plot twist and the cast replaced, right?

    It actually worse because the weapons deal in I-C was not directly providing hardware to the death squads, only funding as far as I recall.

    This is inverted in that Pakistan is sending weapons to the new death squads in exchange for a loan from what I’ve gleaned.

    Biden admin doing the Reagan but with more neoliberalism.