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Obama Says Use Of Military On Domestic Soil ‘Puts The Liberties Of All Americans At Risk’ (www.huffingtonpost.co.uk)
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[–] pyre@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

don't be silly Barack, they'll be greeted as liberators. isn't that what Iraqis did?

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Do you think Obama started the Iraq war, or...?

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (3 children)

no? but he did continue those wars and even escalate. he's the drone guy. the drone strikes on weddings guy. ask me how much i give a shit if he started it. my point wasn't that he started it, it's that it's funny how the US army presence all of a sudden seems bad when it's US soil when people like him were all too happy using that army on civilians of other countries.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 days ago

10X the drone strikes of Bush.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Did Obama say that the Iraqis would "greet us as liberators" like your previous comment references? It's amazing how often I see people blaming Obama for shit that Bush did.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

i didn't say he said it. wasn't my point though. he was only a part of the same machine. this is about US foreign policy, not what barack personally did or didn't do.

btw it wasn't bush either. I'd get my facts straight if I were trying to "correct" me.

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works -2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I mean... That's the point of a military. To deploy to foreign lands or repel a foreign invasion.

[–] BussyGyatt@feddit.org 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

you dear sweet naive fucking summer child, no. you're gonna learn what we were using the military for. i wonder if you will be so flippant about its purpose then.

[–] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I never said you couldn't disagree on its usage. That is the express purpose though. FOREIGN enemies.

Try reading next time. Believe me, Im very much against the mic, etc.