As TikTok grows, so does suspicion

Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by calsy on Sunday July 10, 2022 @07:31PM (#32050333)

Didn't the states just pull out of Afghanistan after 20 years of occupation? Or is that last years news?

20 Years!

Edit: Downvotes, whats the best way to deal with colossal failure... pretend like it never happened. Afghanistan, huh? what are you talking about.

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Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by judge2020 on Sunday July 10, 2022 @08:49PM (#32050912)

Afghanistan is quite infamous for being the most difficult region to take over; the Brits and the Soviets tried before long the US did

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasions_of_Afghanistan

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Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by calsy on Sunday July 10, 2022 @10:16PM (#32051442)

Well maybe those in power should have read up on their history before trying to 'take over' Afghanistan. Might have been a good idea for a country half a world a way, separated by a large ocean.

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Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by yunohn on Sunday July 10, 2022 @11:25PM (#32051851)

I’m confused if your point is that the USA didn’t end up completely ruling over Afghanistan, so their military occupation and genocide is excusable?

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Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by random314 on Sunday July 10, 2022 @07:54PM (#32050536)

And latin America and Afghanistan and Iraq and cuba and Vietnam and Palestine and Yemen

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Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by throwawaymaths on Monday July 11, 2022 @01:57AM (#32052710)

The us occupied Palestine? I better review my history.

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Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by bakuninsbart on Monday July 11, 2022 @01:35PM (#32059120)

There's a lot of very nasty, bad-faith arguments in this thread, and you seem to be involved in almost all of them. It is time to take a step back and consider what this kind of derailing does to the quality of discussion overall.

The point is obvious to anyone even tangentially following the israel-palestine conflict: Israel is a close ally to the us and heavily supported by them in their brutal occupation of Palestine.

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Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by throwawaymaths on Monday July 11, 2022 @05:28PM (#32062121)

> It is time to take a step back and consider what this kind of derailing does to the quality of discussion overall.

Yes sir! Will do sir! Thank you for improving the quality of discourse sir!! Where would we be without your guidance sir!

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Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by throwaway743 on Sunday July 10, 2022 @11:18PM (#32051817)

iirc, Somalia, Congo, and Iran as well

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Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by throwaway743 on Tuesday July 12, 2022 @12:01AM (#32065457)

Lol okay downvote but it's relevant and true.

CIA helped in getting Lumumba and wanted to put a halt to his movement. They along with Belgian officers even tried killing him by poisoning his toothpaste.

CIA overthrew Mosaddegh in Iran which lead to where they are today in terms of an oppresive theocratic government.

And US military and CIA are acting as world police in Somalia.

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Re:As TikTok grows, so does suspicion by Al-Khwarizmi on Sunday July 10, 2022 @07:19PM (#32050223)

Yeah, because polling your closest friends is the best way to get an unbiased opinion.

By the way, those are countries near another warmonging superpower... What if you poll South America?

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