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Trump's framing of war as Iran's barbarism vs civilised West is a huge lie (www.middleeasteye.net)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to c/usa@midwest.social

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We suggest that this flawed analysis helps to explain why the United States has been out-thought, outmanoevred and outclassed by the Iranians ever since the US and Israel launched their barbaric assault five weeks ago.

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[–] Zedstrian@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 weeks ago

Because threatening to destroy another civilization is the pinnacle of civility.

[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

HBO has the episode Bourdain visited Iran. Worth a watch, especially in comparison to a lot of the other middle east locations he visited.

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Bombing elementary schools and hospitals is civilized to US though, so our definition probably isn’t going to see wide adoption.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Orangeboi’s framing of just about everything is a huge lie tbh

[–] Doomsider@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

We're are already into the second month of the Epstein-Israeli Iran conflict. This US administration is waffling more than I thought humanly possible. We are at war and cease fire at the same time. What a joke.