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[–] unfreeradical@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 week ago

The overall dynamics are fundamentally comparable.

Framing Iraq and Saddam as stockpiling weapons and being linked to Al Queda is exactly analogous to framing Venezuela and Maduro as linked to Americans struggling with drug addiction. Further, both invasions are blood for oil. The mechanics of imperialism remains broadly consistent.