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ericmayyesterday at 9:21 PM1 replyview on HN

The premise of the OP is whataboutism.

But you can take a step back and ask, well, what's the guiding framework here?

Is it arbitrarily picking certain time periods to make a point? Why do we go back to "Japan" and World War II when Japan started the war and was massacring and colonizing people throughout east Asia?

Why wasn't Germany mentioned in the body count? Dresden is a popular one that comes to mind.

Why do we only focus on lives lost? Maybe America saved 10,000,000 Chinese from Japanese occupation so on balance we're saving lives?


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Hikikomoriyesterday at 10:26 PM

Yeah lets take a step back to 1953 when the British overthrew their government for wanting more profits from their oil. This lead directly to the revolution in 79, in the meantime the western "aligned" leader had suppressed all opposition except religions leaders so they were able to take over.

Now you know why they shout death to America. Would you also like to know that al qaeda didn't just hate american "freedom"?

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