TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHow should the US respond to the Israel-Palestine crisis?www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkHow should the US respond to the Israel-Palestine crisis?www.theguardian.comTokenBoomer@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down6·1 year agoThey’ve been trying to do that to their region for my entire lifetime.
minus-squarewildgingerlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down6·1 year agoThey? We have done plenty to start that fire in the hopes of stealing oil.
minus-squareSCB@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down5·1 year agoIt’s so weird to me that people still think the Iraq War was about oil lol That argument didn’t have legs to stand on in 2002 and it sure as shit wasn’t helped by the passage of time.
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoOil factored in, but a large part of the driver was war profiteering, and then the boundless opportunities after war. And feeding the military complex in general. I
minus-squarehalfwaythere@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·1 year agoThat “fire” was started long before the US was even stolen from the indigenous people.
minus-squarePons_Aelius@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoYep, the area is still dealing with the fallout of this.
minus-squareTheDankHold@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoThe time period you’re referring to was during the multiple centuries of stable ottoman rule. The current fire was caused by western powers drawing borders and breaking promises in the aftermath of WWI.
They’ve been trying to do that to their region for my entire lifetime.
They? We have done plenty to start that fire in the hopes of stealing oil.
It’s so weird to me that people still think the Iraq War was about oil lol
That argument didn’t have legs to stand on in 2002 and it sure as shit wasn’t helped by the passage of time.
Oil factored in, but a large part of the driver was war profiteering, and then the boundless opportunities after war.
And feeding the military complex in general.
I
That “fire” was started long before the US was even stolen from the indigenous people.
Yep, the area is still dealing with the fallout of this.
The time period you’re referring to was during the multiple centuries of stable ottoman rule. The current fire was caused by western powers drawing borders and breaking promises in the aftermath of WWI.