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[–] Weydemeyer@lemmy.ml 46 points 1 day ago (2 children)

OP’s photo is my favorite, so I will have to mention my second favorite (though calling it a “favorite” feels off).

This photo was taken in 2003 in Iraq. This man is comforting his son. They are being held in an American camp. IIRC to this day we don’t know what happened to these two.

I think if I had to explain the last 25 years to a time-traveler, this would be the one photo I would choose.

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Neocons have been dehumanising Arabs for a very long time.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 4 points 12 hours ago

US Liberals are still doing it to this day. One of their heroes, Obama, dropped an average of 80 bombs per day on the ME and North Africa.

After winning the Nobel peace prize, he dropped an average of 30k bombs / year (80 per day) during his presidency, mostly on Muslim countries, 2, 3. In 2016 alone, dropped 26,171 bombs in the Middle East and North Africa, up 3000 from the previous year. The countries bombed include Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, and Somalia.

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Had never seen that one. Powerful.