cross-posted from: https://quokk.au/post/590118

During a video address directed at the people of Lebanon, Netanyahu said: "You have an opportunity to save Lebanon before it falls into the abyss of a long war that will lead to destruction and suffering like we see in Gaza.

  • InverseParallax@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    We gave billions to the very country that supported the taliban and hid bin ladin for a decade.

    And we destroyed the middle east, causing the refugee crisis that is hitting the world and causing trouble.

    Not to mention we burned trillions.

    We were epic moroms, manipulated by assholes like Pakistan and Israel when all we should have done was what Obama did, put a few rounds in bin ladin and thrown him off the ship.

    • nonailsleft@lemm.ee
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      1 month ago

      Perhaps

      But a) chances are it wouldn’t have been so easy to just chopper in and out of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to nab him, and b) it’s questionable that just killing one figurehead in retaliation for a massive terror attack that killed thousands wouldn’t just embolden them