• Godric@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I had no idea that they were just minding their own business and the US forced them to chop those people’s heads off and take women as sex slaves, who knew

    • mirshafie@europe.pub
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      2 days ago

      Nobody’s defending Daesh, who were scum. It is however a fact that Daesh came into being as a result of irresponsible US policies during the occupation of Iraq. That doesn’t absolve them of responsibility, but it illustrates that US policy in the Middle East has been cruel and destructive for a long time.

      It is also a fact that the now-president of Syria who was recently invited to the White Construction Site founded a Syrian terror organization which used much of the same tactics as ISIS, became the Syrian wing of al-Qaeda (remember them?) and that he personally approved Oct7-style attacks on Israel (which were thwarted).