• febra@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    At least Iran is in the Middle East. America isn’t. America is in North America.

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        5 months ago

        I think it’s unfair to put the US and Iran on the same level here. Iran is in the Middle East. America isn’t. Claiming that “Iran said the US should stop bombing civillians” as if it’s something bad is simply outright stupid, and that is what my comment is trying to point out. The US has no business to bomb people half way across the globe.

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          5 months ago

          A superpower that doesn’t project force around the globe isn’t a superpower. Love it or hate it, but America is the sole remaining superpower and as such, it can’t afford to stay out of affairs, including in the Middle East - and when it’s forces are attacked, it has no other option but to strike back. That’s the bare minimum. The moment it retreats out of world affairs, power vacuums emerge and the world becomes a much less stable place.