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Friendship often blooms in unexpected circumstances (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by qaz@lemmy.world to c/noncrediblediplomacy@sh.itjust.works

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[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pretty sad statement when those days seem better than today.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's because Mommy MIC was being properly fed. Now it's just ICE, ICE, and more ICE.

/uj

That might be hindsight at work. Things in Iraq were pretty dire as the US brought democracy and triggered regime change. Those of us who were against the invasion also thought it was a pretty terrible foreign policy spasm.

[–] aliteral@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

US brought democracy?

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Do I have to /s everything around here?

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago

If you commit to explicit tags by having an /uj before, than yes. Otherwise most people would pick it up.

[–] aliteral@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Maybe??

Sorry. Text is a hell of a medium for sarcasm...

[–] derry@midwest.social 2 points 1 month ago

Nowadays, yes. Reality hasn't collided this hard with fiction in decades, perhaps centuries.