Fifteen Years Ago, America Destroyed My Country

Re:Fifteen Years Ago, America Destroyed My Country by jmkb on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @02:19PM (#16631121)

I guess "Fifteen years ago, American armed forces and American mercenaries destroyed my country at the bidding of the democratically elected leaders, but with only partial consent of the citizens" was too wordy.

To be serious, blaming an "entire country" is a little more understandable if that country is a functioning democracy. Of course, if it's actually an oligarchy where the government is above the law and many voters are disenfranchised and easily manipulated by unchecked propaganda, then... well, that's frustrating.

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Re:Fifteen Years Ago, America Destroyed My Country by bogomipz on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @02:28PM (#16631199)

>"To be serious, blaming an "entire country" is a little more understandable if that country is a functioning democracy."

No it would be "more understandable" if that country was a direct democracy and the people actually voted on the resolution. The US is a representative democracy and often resembles a plutocracy at that.

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Re:Fifteen Years Ago, America Destroyed My Country by jmkb on Tuesday March 20, 2018 @02:35PM (#16631264)

Yes, compañero, this is pretty much what I was getting at. I said it was a little more understandable, but I didn't mean to imply it was correct.

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