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The problem that I have with people who I’d call “way too into anti-Americanism” isn’t that they hate America and assume they’re the bad guy, but that they end up thinking the opposing forces are the good guy. Like, more than critical support, they actually think Assad is good, or whoever else. That’s the point where I’m like, “ok wait, chill, calm down, please reconsider”.
Oh, and the “Rojava bad for accepting US support” thing, that too. Fuck that shit.
You know what? Saddam was a whole other league of bastard but if you spent your Bush years going “the war is bad but Saddam is also bad” then you were no better then every fucking liberal who just kept talking about how we’re butchering innocent Iraqi’s the wrong way, and that we should do it the smarter way.
Poignant. Am remembering this for the next time I make an opinion on geopolitics. Thank you, internet stranger
I’m not both sidesing. Assad is bad, the US is significantly worse.
But if you think there’s literally noone who thinks Assad is good because they’re so high on hating any opposition to US Imperialism, you’re wrong. I’ve encountered them. I also know plenty of people who critically support Assad against US Imperialism, which is the correct political line. In fact there are more of those people than there are sincere Assad likers. But the sincere Assad likers do still exist, to deny that is just silly.
