Two decades of U.S. policy appear to be rooted in a mistaken understanding of what happened that day.

Two decades of U.S. policy appear to be rooted in a mistaken understanding of what happened that day. archive

  • @[email protected]English
    23•6 months ago

    I love The Atlantic but “Two decades of U.S. policy appear to be rooted in a mistaken understanding of what happened that day”? I’m not sure I buy that. Maybe the Saudi complicity is deeper than we originally realized but I don’t think anybody is really shocked by these recent revelations. US policy has driven by political agendas or, sadly, certain VP’s business interests

      • @[email protected]English
        5•6 months ago

        One could argue that the Florida Supreme Court is responsible for millions of Iraqi/Afghan deaths and untold damage to democracy and the climate by forcing that election the way people didn’t vote. W should have been a baseball manager, he was, as the Rs do, completely unqualified against an actual experienced person at the job but had the quips and genealogy.

        Florida, republicans, consistently making everyone’s life worse. WHY DO PEOPLE STILL VOTE FOR THEM

      • PorradaVFREnglish
        4•6 months ago

        Hesitant, forlorn and very much hopefully misplaced resigned upvote.

        I want to dismiss your assertions out of hand as too pessimistic and cynical but…yeah, we let them win at least the battle if not the whole shebang.

        My hope stems from kids today generally being kinder, open minded and not “tolerant” but actually coexisting with nary a thought. Better people will make a better world if we give them the chance to before fucking up beyond repair.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•6 months ago

      Propaganda was fed to the mainstream at record levels.

      It was done to fool the public into a war and reconstruction effort that fleeced America, destroyed countries, and killed a shitload.

      A few got rich. A few jumped up a few spots on the power scale.

      And Russia has taken over the role of primary sponsor of the Republican party from Saudi.