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Fucking hell. Death to Amerikkka

Link: https://xcancel.com/KobeissiLetter/status/2007979957134512415

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[–] LeninWeave@hexbear.net 83 points 5 days ago

HOWEVER MUCH YOU HATE AMERIKKKA

IT'S NOT ENOUGH

SAY IT WITH ME: MARG!

BAR!

AMRIKKKA!

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 71 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

It is a matter of time before this results in kinetic blowback on US soil.

It is not very hard to get from latam to the US. If the IRA could do it to Britain, blowback is coming if this keeps happening.

US policy in latam is now open and bare colonialism, much like Britain's policy in Ireland was. It would not surprise me to see it escalate into something similar.

If Trump openly states intent to kill world leaders then any would-be world leaders being targeted would be completely within my expectations if they sent attempts to kill Trump.

[–] VILenin@hexbear.net 37 points 5 days ago (1 children)

CIA would love nothing more than a massive “terrorist attack” on US soil, doubly so if they don’t have to do the planning. They’ve been pining for the golden years of 9/11 bloodthirst.

As for Trump, well I can’t fedpost, but I can say that we wouldn’t have him hiding behind bulletproof glass if it weren’t for that fuckin’ Thomas kid

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah maybe. But it would start the American empire's troubles.

[–] dustcommie@hexbear.net 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Looks at meme: DPRK genius for having nukes

Empire will surely crumble if Venezuela and Colombia forces reach US soil, and large portions of US public won't be volunteering and calling to turn South America to glass... surely. Millions in South America won't die from civil war from propped up US aligned and US funded local forces, and US sanctioning and bombing them to the stone age while all that comes out of the international community is some strongly worded letters and pathetic protests or even support for taking down all these evil brown dictators and cartels who would dare attack the bastion of freedom and democracy.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 2 points 5 days ago

I don't think I said or even implied that it would be pretty.

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 18 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Idk about other countries, but Colombians are so beaten down by 70+ years of armed conflict that most of them would go yea and keep trying to survive in the rubble. Having violence be the backdrop to our lives both desensitized us to it, and made us think it's always pointless, despite the reasons. When violence is a constant in your life, you just accept it, turn your back to it, and keep doin what you're doing. Look anywhere else for any kind of blowback or armed resistance.

sponsoring political violence through training and material support is what invites the blowback. plan columbia has been running for 80 years and has created generations of monsters.

it wasn't the beaten down and terrorized educators, trade unionists and communists that metastasized in Afghanistan and took out the WTC in lower manhattan. it was their enemies, the religious extremist reactionaries that were sponsored by the CIA to do dirty work who turned right around and went after their former masters.

it won't be regular Columbian people that would lash out against the US in blowback, it will be the tightly wound and rabid dogs that turn on their former masters over some betrayal or lack of support from their former allies at some critical inflection point.

[–] marxisthayaca@hexbear.net 16 points 5 days ago

Lol wishful thinking

[–] CyborgMarx@hexbear.net 15 points 5 days ago

Socialist orgs the world over don't really do blowback, that's more of a right-wing thing

[–] vegeta1@hexbear.net 53 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Don't worry I'm sure there are pics of Columbians celebrating their sovereignty being violated that will be used to convince you this isn't a clusterfuck

[–] thisisnotausername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 28 points 5 days ago (1 children)

As a Colombian: I can assure you there are a lot of colombians celebrating it.

no /s, no joke.

[–] vegeta1@hexbear.net 18 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] thisisnotausername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 29 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The colombian rightwingers are also USA-bastion-of-the-free-market-and-best-country-on-earth bootlickers. The would not mind getting Petro removed by force and getting a USA puppet, actually, they'd love it.

And it is not a small amount of people.

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 18 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

So many otherwise chill or politically checked out Colombians turn into i-am-adolf-hitler the moment you bring up Venezuela or Venezuelans, especially since the migration crisis worsened in the past decade. It doesn't help that during the Uribe years, Colombian media essentially painted Venezuela as Nazi Germany, who would invade Colombia at the slightest opportunity.

Even my relatively progressive family will inevitably say something to the effect of "ever since Petro is in power the country is going to shit" when we have a chat. If I push them on it, they'll point at crime, the internal conflict getting worse, or prices being high, and refuse to elaborate any further. I'm sure they wouldn't be dancing in the streets if Bogota got bombed and Petro got got, but they wouldn't criticize it either. They would say something to the effect of "you know all politicians are criminals, this is what happens when you're corrupt".

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 58 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I hope Petro has some good shooters nearby

[–] SickSemper@hexbear.net 43 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Iirc most of the shooters in Colombia were on the american dime one president ago, so it could be even worse

[–] Tervell@hexbear.net 23 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Fortunately, a whole bunch of these shooters are rotting away in Ukraine right now

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 12 points 5 days ago

Most of these guys are retired military from the times when the US made sure the Colombian army was the most deadly force in the planet and could get away with almost anything, then they retired and their pensions didn't maintain the lifestyle they thought they deserved, so they do mercenary work for a few months and return home. The new guard in the Colombian army is kind of lukewarm on Petro, but they've been so thoroughly institution-pilled that idk if they have it in them to stage a coup. More likely they'll just be bought off and let things happen, rather than actively try to oust Petro.

[–] SickSemper@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago

And a bunch became fertilizer on airstrips in Sudan. Nevertheless, I worry about the current crop of reactionaries

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

The Colombian Army is one of the most reactionary groups of people i've ever seen, but I don't know if they have it in them to allow themselves to be humiliated by doing nothing. The Colombian Army has also been set up in such a way that only the most boring, white-bread-ass, insanely patriotic and institution-loving generals are ever put in command, because the executive has always been terrified of the army having any political power. They would grumble while defending the presidential palace, but I don't think they'd let it happen either.

The only question is, is the Colombian army trained and equipped to deal with an enemy like the US. Most of their experience is in counterinsurgency against low-tech enemies, so idk if they could stand up to enemies who have the capabilities of the US.

[–] SnakeEyes@hexbear.net 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Do nothing? They are going to help the pigs, They've helped the paramilitary and done massacre after massacre

That was "against" the guerrillas though. I think the only thing that trumps their pride is their rabid anticommunism.

[–] chloroken@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That is not how the term reactionary is used. It doesn't literally mean "those who react".

What made you think I was using it in that sense? The Colombian Army is suffused with reactionary values, they are on the wrong side of almost any argument and position. But if they're consistent in something is that they're proud, almost to a fault.

[–] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 47 points 5 days ago (4 children)

"AUDIO ONLY" is giving SEELE vibes. At this point we might as well wake up Adam on the south pole sus-torment

[–] anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml 17 points 5 days ago

Honestly the most peaceful route at this point

[–] RiotDoll@hexbear.net 17 points 5 days ago

yeah wake up adam unironically.

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Human instrumentality sounds like a kinder fate than decaying American Hegemony. Bring the TUMBLING DOWN TUMBLING DOWN quickly, please.

[–] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 6 points 5 days ago

Get me on that congratulations shit

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 37 points 5 days ago

"Sounds good to me"

"No no, that wasn't a suggestion"

[–] TraschcanOfIdeology@hexbear.net 21 points 5 days ago (1 children)

We are so cooked omg. This is what I get for hoping things could be better.

[–] homhom9000@hexbear.net 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

We can't hope, we gotta actively make sure things will be better

[–] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 28 points 5 days ago

How dare colombia remove the chackles of the empire

[–] microfiche@hexbear.net 28 points 5 days ago

Trump giving WHINSEC a chance to spread its wings again.

[–] ConcreteHalloween@hexbear.net 14 points 5 days ago

If I was Petro I'd be forming an elite guard of guys I totally trust and moving the capital as DEEP in the Amazon as is possible.

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