Tiocfaidhcaisarla [he/him, comrade/them] to videos • edit-22 years agoJust a dose of popular American propaganda. Sorry you lived here for millenia, but I just can't get a good stretch in!external-linkmessage-square21 fedilinkarrow-up139file-text
arrow-up139external-linkJust a dose of popular American propaganda. Sorry you lived here for millenia, but I just can't get a good stretch in!Tiocfaidhcaisarla [he/him, comrade/them] to videos • edit-22 years agomessage-square21 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareRedbolshevik2 [he/him]hexbear4·2 years agoWhy did this large mobilization not occur for Afghanistan? link
minus-squareHomestar440 [he/him]hexbear5·2 years agoI think because that was much more successfully sold as the source of the 9/11 attacks. Iraq was much more obviously not, which is why they pivoted to WMDs as the main selling point. link
minus-squareRedbolshevik2 [he/him]hexbear5·2 years agoSo Americans were willing to engage in a bloody act of pointless and obviously false revenge, yet suddenly gained a conscience two years later? People didn't like that the Ubermenschen troops were coming home in their pretty little flag-draped coffins. That's it. link
minus-squareHomestar440 [he/him]hexbear3·2 years agoI think that’s overly cynical, and doesn’t describe the entire protest, but whatever, I’m not going to argue with you :shrug-outta-hecks: link
Why did this large mobilization not occur for Afghanistan?
I think because that was much more successfully sold as the source of the 9/11 attacks. Iraq was much more obviously not, which is why they pivoted to WMDs as the main selling point.
So Americans were willing to engage in a bloody act of pointless and obviously false revenge, yet suddenly gained a conscience two years later?
People didn't like that the Ubermenschen troops were coming home in their pretty little flag-draped coffins. That's it.
I think that’s overly cynical, and doesn’t describe the entire protest, but whatever, I’m not going to argue with you :shrug-outta-hecks: