Link cuz everyone was complaining: https://twitter.com/postopinions/status/1511536824774279173?s=21&t=97U8ofYaRudBHKXRZOwrKA

  • Ursus_Hexagonus [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    :why-angel: :why-angel: :why-angel: :why-angel: RULES BASED ORDER:why-angel: :why-angel: :why-angel: :why-angel:

      • Circra [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        What would you call a legal system where the enforcers were legally immune from those same laws they enforce? I mean not just a case of there's not much chance of a cop getting charged with murder but you legally can't charge a cop with murder?

    • KurtVonnegut [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      When did this emote get added and why does it so perfectly describe the current cultural moment...

  • Circra [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    The real gem here for me when it comes to propoganda is the sentence immediately after the highlighted bit. Check out how by placing it immediately after the sentence about criteria for investigation it's inviting the reader to assume that US war crimes are just misconduct, and allegations of misconduct at that.

    • AcidSmiley [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      Also the gall to make the argument that the US would investigate its war crimes when it brutally hunts down and imprisons people exposing them.

      • Circra [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        But those people who exposed them didn't go through the proper channels you see. If they had done so, the crimes they uncovered would have been investigated. They certainly wouldn't have been found having committed suicide or have died in a very regrettable friendly fire incident.

  • Circra [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Just as a reminder. Following Nicaragua vs US ICJ ruling the US owes and still refuses to pay the Nicaraguan govt about 44bn in compensation after mining one of Nicaragua's commercial harbours and financing/training terrorists in Nicaragua who were instructed by the US to target schools, hospitals and collective farming initiatives.

    It was in fact this case that caused the US to withdraw from the ICJ. Don't know about you but arming terrorists and mining commercial harbours doesn't sound like 'Misconduct.'

    • S4ck [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      I feel like I'm so much more plugged into the history of US Imperialism compared with my friends and family, but it is still shocking to see the sheer number of atrocities the US committed that I had no previous knowledge of.

      • Circra [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        It's quite a phenominal list. Nicaragua is an interesting example as they really were caught red handed. Furthermore, Nicaragua was unaligned.

        While the FSLN were marxist and the driving force they did not seek an alliance with the USSR so there isn't even the bullshit cold war argument. It was simply a case of the US brutally smashing a democratically elected state that pursued self determination.