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Remember when the Bush administration burned 2 trillion dollars and more than 100 000 lives because Iraq had "Weapons of Mass Destruction" that they never had?

Yep, we're back at it again. Latin Americans have a name for it: "Imperialismo Americano".



Doesn't that just mean American imperialism?


Yep, but people look at it in different ways. It feels different, depending on how it affects you.

In English, "America imperialism" is a phrase for political propaganda, like "woke", "freedom", etc. You can argue if it makes sense or not. You can disagree if it exists. It is an opinion.

In Latin America it is a fact of life, like rain and sunshine. It is there, everyone knows. No one denies it.


Yeso, Exactlyo :D


> "Imperialismo Americano".

And how did America benefit? They didnt. But you know who did? Israel.


Israel is the tip of the lance of the American Imperialism projecting power throughout the Middle East with the American backing. The regular American isn’t the beneficiary in any way, quite on the contrary, its their taxes that are backing it.


And how is America benefiting from "projecting power" throughout the middle east?


Qui bono?

The fundies, who actually believe they're paving the way for the Second Coming.

American oil interests, for whom the Middle East is their primary competitor.

And, naively, there are people who didn't benefit, but believed the US' (oligarchs') interests would be furthered.


It's honestly incredible how we've learned absolutely nothing. I thought for sure that universally-agreed-upon catastrophe of Iraq would cause the lesson to stick, but no, we're running through the same playbook word-for-word. Including the goose-stepping support of the media: go to the homepage of "liberal" publications like The Atlantic right now and you can see full-throated support of the war and them discovering how much they love Trump now.


If no ground invasion starts in the next few months, will you reconsider your position?


Yes with titles like "American Democracy Might Not Survive a War With Iran".


You'd be surprised how many people view it as a success.


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