• tankiesmasher@aussie.zone
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    3 days ago

    That would depend on each individual circumstance because I don’t treat geopolitics like team sports. I’m not here to depose anybody, I’m here to expose lazy slopulist propaganda and disinformation from people like yourself, which I have done. Might I remind you this thread started because you called America the same as fucking ISIS, another claim you abandoned almost immediately because you have nothing but lies and ignorance.

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      3 days ago

      You’re trolling to be this absolute daft but I’ll bite.

      Because your country and ISIS are terrorists. Two different cheeks from the same arse. Your corporate media brainwashed you to support neocolonialism because it’s your side. Imperialist terrorists never ask their victims, do they, if the “civilising mission” actually benefit them? Did you ask the Vietnamese exposed to Agent Orange if they love America?

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            23 hours ago

            Terrorism is when not asking how the Vietnamese felt before using agent orange? Genius.

            Better questions if you aren’t 50iq:

            • Why was agent orange used?
            • What was the expected effect of agent orange when it was used?
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              13 hours ago

              Using an example where the USA breached the Geneva convention against chemical warfare is not proving whatever your point is.

              To answer your question, they justified it at the time as a herbicide to kill the jungle the Vietnamese were using for cover. This was only a cover story however. They clearly knew how dangerous a toxin it was, given the safety protocols they had around the chemical for it’s troops. At best, if it were merely a herbicide, it’s use would still constitute a war crime for destroying civilian and non-combatant food sources.

              It’s actually a bit of an International scandal even today that the USA has not formally apologised for its use. They have at least provided limited compensation for their victims in Vietnam with long-term effects of exposure to Agent Orange. Though I’m not certain those programs continue today under their present administration.

              To be honest, the USA should apologise for being in Vietnam in the first place. It had no business being there, and nor did Australia.

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                18 minutes ago

                You clearly don’t care at all about how much they care about civilians, because you are conflating two forces where the difference in the amount they care is massive. Zero care from ISIS, more than zero by the US, both terrorists in your delusional world view.