• Roonerino [comrade/them, doe/deer]
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    16 days ago

    “We’re stooping lower than the Chinese and we should not be doing that,” said a former senior State Department official for the region who fought against the military operation.

    Goddamn. Just zero irony or self awareness.

    • Teekeeus [comrade/them]
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      16 days ago

      Nobody with any self awareness would work for the american state department

      • Diuretic_Materialism [he/him]
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        16 days ago

        Counterpoint: I actually think a lot of these ghouls are 100% self aware, know their the bad guys but just love all the power and treats they get. I suspect they literally cackle like Lord Freeza in the privacy of their own homes while loudly announcing their cynical Machiavellian plans to nobody.

    • nohaybanda [he/him]
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      16 days ago

      Americans, doing American things Americanly: Wao! You’re so Chinese for doing that

      blob-no-thoughts

    • DragonBallZinn [he/him]
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      16 days ago

      “What are we, a bunch of Asians?!” is the most bipartisan phrase in Amerika.

      maybe-later-honey says it in response to whenever they need to accept the fact that yes, Amerika did do a bad thing.

      frothingfash says it in response to you suggesting the simplest, most objectively good policy like high speed rail or walkable cities.

    • Pentacat [he/him]
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      16 days ago

      How many countries has China bombed since World War Two again?

      • Civility [none/use name]
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        16 days ago

        Not as many as the US but far more than they should have. The Sino-Soviet split was a disaster for humanity.

        • bobs_guns@lemmygrad.ml
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          15 days ago

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Bomber_Division_(People%27s_Republic_of_China)

          See for yourself. History is not a secret. You can know things.

          • Civility [none/use name]
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            15 days ago

            I mean, if you’re talking about “bombing” strictly as arial bombardment sure.

            I don’t think anyone believes the PLA’s use of artillery rather than bombers makes, say, the Sino-Vietnamese war and subsequent decades of indiscriminate shelling any better.

    • MeowZedong@lemmygrad.ml
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      15 days ago

      Truly funny how this article is dripping in sinophobia, but still comes off making the US look like it overreacted to relatively minor acts that they claim China made.

      They put so much effort into demonizing China, but the US is the star devil of their article.