• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    23 days ago

    Not disagreeing that the US does a lot of fuckery in the middle east but I think it's ultimately the UK that started the mess.

    EDIT: West Texas is pretty empty. Israel can have it all.

  • Geobloke@lemm.ee
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    23 days ago

    Well too be fair, Lawrence of Arabia tapped into existing resentment up forment his revolt

    There's always been differing interests in the middle east, whether it's religious, ethnic or something else. To say otherwise takes away from the agency of the people living there

  • ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml
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    22 days ago

    We kind of did create israel in utah. But for people who thought Jesus came over to America with the pilgrims and that they have magic underwear that will shield them from harm rather than for the people who thought that their God told them to cut part of their kids' penises off, they couldn't eat shellfish, and used to commit genocides on the reg but has inexplicably stopped for the last couple thousand years or so.

  • harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    22 days ago

    At one point, Grand Island (NY) was proposed as a Jewish homeland. Definitely not enough room.

    Definitely way too many people in Utah. The environment here is stressed. Not even talking about the political environment. Already way too many religious extremists.