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Re:Millions are visiting the European Alternatives site––wha... by _zamorano_ on Monday March 24, 2025 @07:53AM (#43459869)
How about the consequences of US proxy wars? Not a word about the reasons mediterranean european countries keep getting floods of displaced refugees.

Maybe if the US stopped bombing their countries, we'd stop getting so many.

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Re:Millions are visiting the European Alternatives site––wha... by ttyprintk on Monday March 24, 2025 @08:15AM (#43460086)
The internal refugees in Syria occurred because of multi-year drought. Burma, 2008, was a cyclone. Leaving out some theories on proxy war is like leaving out any other kind of challenge.
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Re:Millions are visiting the European Alternatives site––wha... by pjc50 on Monday March 24, 2025 @08:03AM (#43459963)
The bombing of Libya was a full NATO operation: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_military_intervention_i...

But yes, the War On Terror completely destabilized such a large area including Syria that it's been a disaster for Europe.

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Re:Millions are visiting the European Alternatives site––wha... by tored on Monday March 24, 2025 @10:16AM (#43461398)
Correct, and that is why I argue that Europe is an vassal state, i.e. taking actions against its best interest because the overlord tells them to.
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Re:Millions are visiting the European Alternatives site––wha... by paleotrope on Monday March 24, 2025 @11:28AM (#43462178)
If the US wasn't fighting these "proxy" wars, Euroland would have a lot bigger problems. Refugees are a simple problem to fix. Don't take any.
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