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U.S. Military Prepares for Possible Action in Cuba (newrepublic.com)
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[–] 47 points 6 days ago (10 children)

That would be the 3rd unprovoked attack on a country by the president of peace

Way more than three.

Venezuela: In January 2026, U.S. forces bombed Caracas and captured President Nicolás Maduro after months of a naval buildup, oil tanker blockades, and anti-drug strikes in the Caribbean.

Iran: The U.S. carried out joint strikes with Israel (including Operation Midnight Hammer) targeting key nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.

Yemen: The U.S. military expanded its air and naval campaign against Houthi forces in Yemen and the Red Sea to protect commercial shipping lanes.

Somalia: U.S. warplanes launched counterterrorism strikes against Islamic State (IS) operatives hiding in the Golis mountains.

Iraq and Syria: The military conducted airstrikes to hit ISIS positions and defend U.S. service members from hostile fire.

Nigeria: U.S. forces executed targeted air strikes against local Islamic State militant groups

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  • [+] -8 points 6 days ago (9 children)

    Yeah, Islamic State and Houthis, famous non-provokers

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  • [–] 11 points 6 days ago (7 children)

    the reasons the US claim are irrelevant, certainly propaganda, and probably lies. the US is doing military action in these places. the US is a terrorist state.

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  • [+] -15 points 6 days ago (6 children)

    Mmmm hmmm, poor ISIS, being terrorized by the US. They just want to vibe and chop some heads off, but mean ole Uncle Sam hates them :'(

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  • [–] 8 points 6 days ago* (4 children)

    After the U.S. invasion, the Coalition Provisional Authority under Paul Bremer banned senior Ba'ath Party members from government jobs and dissolved the Iraqi Armed Forces.

    This mass dislocation of soldiers became the root of opposition to US occupation and eventually the core of the ISIS movement.

    Incidentally, also a group the United States clumsily expended in their efforts to harass Iraq's neighbors.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

    They didn't just ban senior members, they banned every member from all kinds of public employment. And under Saddam, you had to be a Ba'ath party member to hold public employment.

    That means that if you were a teacher or a bank clerk in Saddam's Iraq, you couldn't work as a teacher under US occupation. So hundreds of thousands of working people were thrown out of the economy overnight, and a small fraction that large number went on to form Daesh.

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  • [–] -3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

    I had no idea that they were just minding their own business and the US forced them to chop those people's heads off and take women as sex slaves, who knew

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago

    Nobody's defending Daesh, who were scum. It is however a fact that Daesh came into being as a result of irresponsible US policies during the occupation of Iraq. That doesn't absolve them of responsibility, but it illustrates that US policy in the Middle East has been cruel and destructive for a long time.

    It is also a fact that the now-president of Syria who was recently invited to the White Construction Site founded a Syrian terror organization which used much of the same tactics as ISIS, became the Syrian wing of al-Qaeda (remember them?) and that he personally approved Oct7-style attacks on Israel (which were thwarted).

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