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It’s like millennials do not understand that middle east has been at war for 1000′s of years. That we intervened on behalf of Kuwait. That without “bombing” people that want to kill and oppress others, millions will be murdered and tortured.
“at war for 1000′s of years”
you clearly know nothing about Afghanistan nor the middle east
here’s Afghanistan in the 1950′s, 60′s, & 70′s
if you really want to know what caused all the instability & growth of extremist groups I suggest you take a look at the US foreign policy towards Afghanistan during the 80′s
It’s interesting to note that when the communist government came to power in Afghanistan in the late 70′s, one of the first things they did was declare equality of the sexes, made education for girls mandatory, & banned child marriages. The conservative tribal leaders who the US armed & funded (& who later became the Taliban) declared this to be a “war on Islam” & fought against the central government.
The US had no problem back then with encouraging the growth of Islamic conservatism to counter socialism/communism. You created your biggest enemy & you have no one to blame but yourselves.
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its crazy to me how the US talks about war in the middle east as if its this ancient problem inherent to the area instead of a recent problem created by western countries to further their own interests.
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the CIA took out the democratically elected leader of Iran in the 1970s over oil and that set off an entire chain of events leading to ISIS, here’s more about multiple other countries we’ve fucked over
What they won’t tell you in your US history class.
Ah how quickly there’s no mention of the USSR’s role in the destabilization of Afghanistan, or Saudi Arabia’s second largest export, Wahaabist Islam (the same thing that gave us Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and Daesh), wonder why that is.
Do tell? I’m genuinely curious to the full explanation as to the real explanation as to why the Middle East was destabilized, which doesn’t pin all the blame on America. Please elaborate.
The Soviet Union invaded because there was a coup in Afghanistan that was unfriendly to the Soviets and overall the communist government of Afghanistan was deeply unpopular because they kept killing people.
The Soviets assassinated the president and proceeded to scorch the earth of Afghanistan, rape and murder villages in reprisals when officers died; this went on longer than Vietnam
Wahabbinism is a very pro-saudi form of manifest destiny theory of Islam and Saudi Arabia has spread this around the middle east to their own benefit when it is convenient and makes them money. They lent out money to Osama bin Laden because they knew he was pissed that American troops were staged in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War
Western nations and failed NATO policy is partly to blame for middle eastern issues and that guy up there is foolish to say that they’re the good guys in this situation, but equally foolish is to say that other middle eastern counties don’t fuck each other over. Hell, the Taliban was arguably created more from Pakistans ISI than the U.S; considering they gave them much more aid and much more attention in an attempt to make a pro-pakistan government
johnny-get-your-gun:
danguy96:
rabbittiddy:
neurofeminism:
urulokid:
nevaehtyler:
blackfemalescientist:
sniffyjenkins:
mideast-nrthafrica-cntrlasia:
explainguncontrolandsafespaces:
It’s like millennials do not understand that middle east has been at war for 1000′s of years. That we intervened on behalf of Kuwait. That without “bombing” people that want to kill and oppress others, millions will be murdered and tortured.
“at war for 1000′s of years”
you clearly know nothing about Afghanistan nor the middle east
here’s Afghanistan in the 1950′s, 60′s, & 70′s
if you really want to know what caused all the instability & growth of extremist groups I suggest you take a look at the US foreign policy towards Afghanistan during the 80′s
It’s interesting to note that when the communist government came to power in Afghanistan in the late 70′s, one of the first things they did was declare equality of the sexes, made education for girls mandatory, & banned child marriages. The conservative tribal leaders who the US armed & funded (& who later became the Taliban) declared this to be a “war on Islam” & fought against the central government.
The US had no problem back then with encouraging the growth of Islamic conservatism to counter socialism/communism. You created your biggest enemy & you have no one to blame but yourselves.
BLESS THIS POST
its crazy to me how the US talks about war in the middle east as if its this ancient problem inherent to the area instead of a recent problem created by western countries to further their own interests.
☕️☕️☕️
the CIA took out the democratically elected leader of Iran in the 1970s over oil and that set off an entire chain of events leading to ISIS, here’s more about multiple other countries we’ve fucked over
What they won’t tell you in your US history class.
Ah how quickly there’s no mention of the USSR’s role in the destabilization of Afghanistan, or Saudi Arabia’s second largest export, Wahaabist Islam (the same thing that gave us Al-Qaeda, the Taliban, and Daesh), wonder why that is.
Do tell? I’m genuinely curious to the full explanation as to the real explanation as to why the Middle East was destabilized, which doesn’t pin all the blame on America. Please elaborate.
The Soviet Union invaded because there was a coup in Afghanistan that was unfriendly to the Soviets and overall the communist government of Afghanistan was deeply unpopular because they kept killing people.
The Soviets assassinated the president and proceeded to scorch the earth of Afghanistan, rape and murder villages in reprisals when officers died; this went on longer than Vietnam
Wahabbinism is a very pro-saudi form of manifest destiny theory of Islam and Saudi Arabia has spread this around the middle east to their own benefit when it is convenient and makes them money. They lent out money to Osama bin Laden because they knew he was pissed that American troops were staged in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War
Western nations and failed NATO policy is partly to blame for middle eastern issues and that guy up there is foolish to say that they’re the good guys in this situation, but equally foolish is to say that other middle eastern counties don’t fuck each other over. Hell, the Taliban was arguably created more from Pakistans ISI than the U.S; considering they gave them much more aid and much more attention in an attempt to make a pro-pakistan government
