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In reply to the discussion: US kills two top leaders of terror group that attacked Kenya mall [View all]Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)but who do I believe?
One thing I learned a LONG time ago, the world is RARELY divided into black and white, good guys/bad guys.
U.S. corporations haven been exploiting African and Middle Eastern nations for decades, and then backing the dictators who allow them to rape the country. Then when people protest, they are crushed courtesy of U.S. tax dollars or U.S. corporate profits (see Nigeria for text book example).
This breeds merciless, extreme response. Then we get to brand them terrorists, and slaughter them with impunity. And our government justifies it by telling us they are only killing the bad guys, and bad guys don't deserve trials or due process. How are we SURE they are bad guys who don't get trials or due process? Well, our government, that NEVER lies, tells us so.
I see a LOT of dead children, who in my book are AUTOMATICALLY not "bad guys" killed by U.S. munitions (by the U.S. or U.S. proxies). Once you kill children, your morality is no different than the terrorists. "Oops, it was an accident" counts for shit, dead children are still dead. To parents, "why" is a meaningless question.