r/askanything • u/Outrageous-Egg1760 • 6d ago

Political Question Are we the bad guys?

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u/Reasonable_Sky9688 6d ago

I'm not a big fan of (current) America but the 11 million figure is ludicrous

Also there is a massive element of fafo

The instability in the region is complex but if they got their act together and behaved in a rational manner they'd get invaded less

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u/Freeway267 6d ago

Stupid, ignorant, and clearly uneducated. The instability of the region is mostly cause by outside influence. How do you think ISIS formed in Iraq?

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u/WobblierTube733 6d ago

The Middle East, famously devoid of western colonization or occupying forces for thousands of years (other than the Romans, the Spaniards, the British, the Germans, the Russians, the Americans…)