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by yters 2453 days ago
Who is bombing Africa? It seems a lot of moral outrage against the US stems from false equivalence.
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The US has been routinely bombing both Libya and Somalia for around a decade.
Yes but for what reason? Just for fun? To take them over? To combat terrorism?
Ostensibly it's combating terrorism, but basically American imperialism.
I must have missed when we colonized Somalia and Libya. Thanks for the update.
American imperialism has never been about traditional colonialism, so I'm not sure what you mean.

As you asked originally, I find neither the US nor China to be moral, but I can't understand the outrage over China's acts while ignoring and trying to justify US acts.