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[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 45 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] Beaver@hexbear.net 33 points 1 year ago

But have you considered us-foreign-policy

[-] duderium@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago

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

[-] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 25 points 1 year ago

partition of India

2 million dead 20 million displaced, this should be spoken off in the same breath as the holocaust

[-] Nightcastle@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago

Large scale British lead genocide.

[-] NewLeaf@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago

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

We are so boned.

[-] DayOfDoom@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Do you mind filling me in on what happened with the Grayzone? I'm a bit out of the loop on them.

[-] DayOfDoom@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

[-] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Tofu_Lewis@hexbear.net 17 points 1 year ago

It's wild to think that if Iran-Contra happened today it would be no big deal.

[-] culpritus@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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.

this post was submitted on 19 Sep 2023
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