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And why were those Iraqis attacking American soldiers? Perhaps because the US invaded Iraq?
You're claiming that Iraqi's were so happy under Saddam's reign, that some even fought for him?
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You're claiming that Iraqi's were so happy under Saddam's reign, that some even fought for him?
Never underestimate people defending their home. Remember the Serbs going out with targets painted on their t-shirts when NATO (read “USA”) was bombing Belgrade? Of course that was the 90’s.
A lot of Iraqi's were a big fan of toppling Saddam.
Note : not saying it was a good idea with what we know now.
And about Serbia. The bombing from "NATO" with a focus on military targets made it possible for it's population to overthrow Milosevic by the citizens a year later.
The boots on the ground in this case were the Serbs themselves. From my POV, NATO only provided air-support for them.
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Power assymetries and parasites leaching of off that. And the anti colonial is a horrific part of that, preventing societal adaption and chanfe to be able to compete. Its so bad, colonial history goto repeat itself in africa with chinese recolonialization. Thus proofing racism a effect, not a cause.
The biggest and longest time slave traders were in the middle east. The best documented and most mentioned ones were the ones that were white.
https://www.walkfree.org/global-slavery-index/
The whole white supremacy is mostly because you're free to talk about anything in the west.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-e...
Note: I'm not saying it didn't happen through history. I'm saying it's time to stop blaming "white" for everything that happens.
I'm curious about why nobody from Chiquita went to prison for financing a terrorist group. Random Afghans and Iraqis were kidnapped for Guantanamo or outright murdered for less.
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edit: I just learned about Ken Saro-Wiwa
I'm curious about why nobody from Chiquita went to prison for financing a terrorist group. Random Afghans and Iraqis were kidnapped for Guantanamo or outright murdered for less.
They have been fined $38m for killing 8 people, which amounts to a tad over 1% of their 2023 revenue. I'm very happy that an example is being made of them to warn other corporations that committing murder to protect your profits may cause a slight dip in your next earnings report.
See also the Banana Massacre instigated by the United Fruit Company against plantation workers making outrageous demands like limiting the work week to 6 days. 100 years later, that company operates under the name Chiquita. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Massacre
Also the Guatemalan coup that was heavily lobbied for by the United Fruit Company. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d%2527%...
It's amazing how decades later, they heirs of United Fruit Company are still using violence as a tool for increasing profit. This is what happens when individuals are not criminally prosecuted for bad conduct. I'm sure it will happen again.