• I'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    They also overwhelmingly have been demanding an end to the embargo on Cuba for decades, but nothing ever comes of it.

    I’m not much of a geopolitical expert, but as far as I can tell, the UN really only serves to prevent the 5 countries in the security council from going to nuclear war with each other. The rest is a side effect.

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    7 months ago

    500,000+ killed in Syria – silence.

    377,000+ killed in Yemen – silence.

    5,400,000+ killed in Congo – silence.

    236,000+ killed in Afghanistan – silence.

    500,000+ killed in Sudan – silence.

    300,000+ killed in Iraq – silence

    17,000+ killed in Gaza – non-binding UN resolution for cease-fire.

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        7 months ago

        The Silence of the Jihad Jane’s was deafening for every single one but the last one. A UN resolution was not a big deal and generally ignored for every single one but the tast one. WHY IS THAT?

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      7 months ago

      So I don’t wanna engage with this… creature personally, but because I see a lot of this, the disparaty makes a lot of sense:

      Only one of these is the continuation of a 70-years old crime against humanity happening with explicit support from the West.