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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThat is some fucked up imperialist "white man's burden" bullshit.
John Kelly, answering a question as to why U.S. Special Forces are in Niger:]
We are in Africa to "teach them how to respect human rights"[/i
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That is some fucked up imperialist "white man's burden" bullshit. (Original Post)
kpete
Oct 2017
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malaise
(268,911 posts)1. That's bullshit - never forget that
Kelly was torturing people at Gitmo and locking up others without a trial.
It's nothing more than US imperialism. Get the hell out of Africa.
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)2. what does that even mean??
pangaia
(24,324 posts)3. Fucking ignorant asshole.
Edited: White ignorant asshole.
DashOneBravo
(2,679 posts)4. They've been there since 2013
flotsam
(3,268 posts)5. Kipling Puked. The Book of Flotsam 3:16 N/T
FormerOstrich
(2,700 posts)6. OMG!!!!!!!!!WTF!!!!!!!! n/t