Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access

Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access by jlgaddis on Sunday October 25, 2020 @01:36PM (#24888140)

> Afaik the U.S. no longer sponsors terrorists.

I find that very hard to believe, considering the activities of the CIA -- just the ones we know about -- over the last several decades (or, really, since its beginning).

Side note:

Does selling billions of dollars worth of arms to Saudi Arabia count as sponsoring terrorists?

cf. Jamal Khashoggi, et al.

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Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access by colinmhayes on Sunday October 25, 2020 @04:47PM (#24889758)

A state killing a political opponent, however unacceptable, isn't terrorism. The point of terrorism is that it effects unsuspecting bystanders. I already said I think we should sanction the saudis though, because they actually are sponsoring terrorism. See the Yemen war and their funding of al queda as well as their infiltration of twitter.

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Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access by gdy on Monday October 26, 2020 @08:40AM (#24895489)

"unsuspecting bystanders"

What about civilians killed by Saudi Arabia with American-made cluster bombs?[0] Do they count?

[0] https://www.hrw.org/news/2016/05/06/yemen-saudis-using-us-cl...

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Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access by colinmhayes on Monday October 26, 2020 @10:15AM (#24896371)

I literally said that the Saudi's actions in Yemen were terrorism in the comment you're replying to?

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Re:Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access by gdy on Monday October 26, 2020 @12:11PM (#24897710)

Oh, right, haven't read that far :) Sorry)

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