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[-] Mereo@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 years ago

Not just for you guys but the world. The world as we know it is at stake as USA is currently the world's superpower.

[-] Koffiato@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Last time I checked, Trump pulled troops out of Middle East and Asia, where US destabilized many countries. As far as the rest of the world is concerned, Trump is much better.

Source: Living right next to those countries and have friends who fled from such countries.

[-] jcit878@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

the only thing Trump did for the rest of the world was give us something to laugh at. Problem is 30% of you guys still don't see the joke

[-] Koffiato@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Do you really think rest of the world isn't laughing at you with Biden in power? There's always something to laugh at.

[-] jcit878@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

I mean we really don't laugh at Biden. he's just some generic politician as far as we (the rest of the world) are concerned.

its just the brain-dead Trump nuts who seem to think we see him the same as those lunatics

[-] Koffiato@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I don't understand the second point. Who's seeing who like "those lunatics?"

[-] Mechaguana@programming.dev 7 points 2 years ago

Bud we were watching american politics from our respective countries, it was like a simpson episode

[-] Koffiato@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Exactly my point lmao.

[-] mikeboltonshair@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Tribalism at its finest

[-] zouden@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Which countries were better off with Trump in power?

[-] Koffiato@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Syria, Iran and Iraq are the ones closest to me.

[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Can you please provide specific items Trump did that made any of those places better.

[-] Koffiato@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

By.., not being there? Interfering less? The worst the army did was to left behind ammunition for Taliban to take in Afghanistan.

Compare and contrast this to one of the major reasons for Syrian conflict and complete chaos it (US) brought to Iraq; that's nothing.

[-] zouden@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Afghanistan is pretty fucked now because of the Taliban

[-] Koffiato@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Almost as if US fueled it all by breaking the existing government to break down huh

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
  • 22 years of invasion, slaughter, and continuous violent occupation by the world's most prolific warmonger

Fine. Cool. Incredibly good, aktuly.

  • 1.5 years of religious conservatives reclaiming a nation that's been deliberately bankrupted by the departing occupation army

Y'all, I found your problem.

[-] zouden@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Do you seriously think people are better off in Afghanistan now? Fucking hell you're deluded.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I think it will take a generation to repair all the damage that the country suffered since the 2002 invasion and occupation. Getting out from under an occupation government that regularly dropped bombs and mortars across its surface, sent in teams of assassins to execute local leadership, and looted the treasure for two decades running was a necessary first step to recovery. But it won't be any kind of place you'd want to live, any more than Iran was after the '79 revolution or Vietnam was once Ford finally pulled us out of Saigon. It will take a generation or more to repair the damage, assuming some new assholes don't invade again.

[-] zouden@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

The Taliban banned girls from going to school. That's going to take more than a generation to fix. Do you think it's the fault of the US?

[-] Mediocre_Bard@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

So, your friends have moved back then?

[-] Koffiato@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

No, they haven't. It's the thing with fucking up entire countries; they never really get healed. It's just that less and less people are running away that it's getting more and more stable each year.

[-] whofearsthenight@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

So, so sorry about that.

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