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by freischwimmer 3233 days ago
Was horrible?

Are you forgetting about modern western imperialist adventures such as Iraq and Afghanistan, entering their 16th year? Where millions of civilians were and are still being killed, injured, displaced, tortured and all around stomped on in terms of human rights, led by some of the most powerful western nations in the world. These wars were cheered on by a good chunk of US and UK citizenry for years before they conveniently faded into the background.

http://www.psr.org/assets/pdfs/body-count.pdf

That's even ignoring the direct relations of these invasions to the more recent conflicts in Libya, Syria, and ISIS, the boogeymen armed and created by the same people who started these wars not long ago.

Western imperialism is alive and well.

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Pretty sure Afghanistan attacked the U.S. first.

And that western nations are supporting freedom fighters in Syria.