Chinese Military,Political and Social Superthread

[Halifax Tar]

Global victims of US military aggression

US' military interventions globally range from direct military actions to covert operations to military support for client states. Lasting from days or weeks to over many years, these result in significant loss of life.

www.ibon.org

Lots of other potential sources.

It makes sense when you consider all the regimes they propped up, wars started (Iraq and Afghanistan alone killed almost 6 million), Vietnam, Korea, the other 90 some odd wars/conflicts the US got involved in, the blockades the US has enacted resulting in famine, etc.

The IBON Foundation operates from an explicitly left-wing, progressive, and anti-neoliberal perspective.

Sounds about par for the course.

 

[Eaglelord17]

LOL, I could easily peg 2/3rds of those conflict onto the action of Maoist China and/or the USSR. Then the rest mostly on the Muslim Brotherhood and the expansion of radical Islam. Apparently the US is guilty of existence.

How many dictatorships has the US supported because it was in their ‘interest’? How many deaths were caused because of regimes they propped up? How many democracies have they toppled to replace with their preferred puppet?

They are only pro-democracy as long as you’re voting in their interests.

The US is better than the alternatives, that doesn’t make them the good guys. It makes them a necessary evil.

 

[Brad Sallows]

Lots of other potential sources.

It makes sense when you consider all the regimes they propped up, wars started (Iraq and Afghanistan alone killed almost 6 million), Vietnam, Korea, the other 90 some odd wars/conflicts the US got involved in, the blockades the US has enacted resulting in famine, etc.

Useless source.

The Korean War was not "US military aggression". The war to evict Iraq from Kuwait was not "US military aggression".

Maybe find a source that isn't so transparently biased. Maybe check the context underlying the claim next time.

GIGO.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

How many dictatorships has the US supported because it was in their ‘interest’? How many deaths were caused because of regimes they propped up? How many democracies have they toppled to replace with their preferred puppet?

They are only pro-democracy as long as you’re voting in their interests.

The US is better than the alternatives, that doesn’t make them the good guys. It makes them a necessary evil.

The numbers that died because of Communism just in the 20th century is staggering, not to mention the forced resettlements and political upheaval it has brought and still brings to this day.

 

[Brad Sallows]

The numbers that died because of Communism just in the 20th century is staggering, not to mention the forced resettlements and political upheaval it has brought and still brings to this day.

It's not just that. It's also that "communist-backed" (primarily USSR) aggression was the root cause of many of the major conflicts, which can't be laid at the feet of the US or any other country.