AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 months agoWhy were American soldiers in Jordan in the first place?message-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up186arrow-down1message-squareWhy were American soldiers in Jordan in the first place?AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
Everyone is talking about the American soldiers killed in Jordan. But I don’t know why they were there to begin with.
minus-squareOne_Honest_Dude@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoWe overthrew their government and the government we put in power is more friendly toward us. How is that not imperialism?
minus-squaredragontamer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoI’m not denying that we got rid of Saddam. What I’m saying is that the move isn’t as self-serving as many critics try to force. The earlier post is trying to argue that we’ve somehow stolen the resources of Iraq, but no such thing has happened.
We overthrew their government and the government we put in power is more friendly toward us. How is that not imperialism?
I’m not denying that we got rid of Saddam. What I’m saying is that the move isn’t as self-serving as many critics try to force. The earlier post is trying to argue that we’ve somehow stolen the resources of Iraq, but no such thing has happened.