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submitted 1 year ago by alphanerd4@lemmy.world to c/usauthoritarianism@lemmy.world

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Highlights include: Actually about a fourth or so of these troops are at sea. . This is an estimate, so anywhere the US doesn't acknowledge how many troops are there, Israel obviously, but also Syria. Have to rely on years old numbers from the pentagon. . US forces have occupied parts of Kuwait since the first invasion of iraq in 1991 - not news, but I didn't know that., i mean, of course. just.. never thought about it.-

https://www.axios.com/2023/10/31/american-troops-middle-east-israel-palestine

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[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is leasing land from a government for housing soldiers that support that nations domestic defense efforts considered “occupying”?

[–] alphanerd4@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

OK but like specifically with Kuwait… Edit: Also effing yes. I can’t believe I humor this yolksy folksy common sense as take on the Middle East. Just, if words mean anything. When you are maintaining a military force in a country for the purposes of hypothetically fighting in that country, yeah. Why would that not be able to be described as an occupation? -would it happen to be just that the government doesn’t want to call it that? Like how when the president unilaterally declares war without the approval of Congress. It’s a police action. Like how waterboarding isn’t torture because it’s an enhanced interrogation technique, and the water cure before that. How the US didn’t lose in Vietnam? And how the people fleeing from Central and South American countries of the US has intermittently bombed and destabilized are refugees, but get called migrants?

Give me a break

[+] FMT99@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

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[–] Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Oh come on. Not everything.

Just the global terrorism, destabilisation, and the killing of innocent people to satiate the greed of their fucking evil billionaires

Other than that, I quite like my Leatherman multi tool thingy. Wouldn't buy anything else from there mind you, but at least you have that

[–] TheFriar@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I agree that the US is an imperialist force that is quick to revert to occupying land that isn’t theirs. But stationing troops around the world is a very, very common thing.

[–] alphanerd4@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

.................................is it though?

[–] pop@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Whattt! People are critical a country that has a history of invading countries at will, killing civilians in mass, is currently funding genocide and evades any responsibility or consequences.

But shh… it's only evil when US says it is. The nuance is, US isn't housing the troops for the host country's benefit, no matter how you want to twist the truth.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The targeted social media propaganda is a lot LOUDER here on Lemmy and works easier with the smaller user base.

It only takes 2 trolls to make an argument look unpopular here.

[–] pop@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

ikr, targeted social media propaganda. that the US social media companies have pushed and weaponized for two decades. It makes it hard to see the truth.

It only takes 2 trolls to make an argument look unpopular here

I'd rather stay with Reddit where hillbillies come out of woodwork to defend the fatherland with convincing arguments like "America bad", "they hate us because they ain't us", "we're gonna take what we want and there's nothing you can do about it"..

Do us a favor and go back to your "totally not social media propaganda land".