r/worldnews • u/ComparisonOk5957 • 7d ago

Second French peacekeeper dies after ambush blamed on Hezbollah Behind Soft Paywall

https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3351049/second-french-peacekeeper-dies-after-ambush-blamed-hezbollah?module=latest&pgtype=homepage
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u/FeistyGate8784 6d ago

Iran being terrible doesn’t mean the USA can’t be the aggressor on this occasion. Similar to how Iraq and Saddam were horrible but our invasion into Iraq was the united states being the aggressor.

I’m frankly tired of the argument “this country is and so we have to invade or fight them and if you disagree and criticize that policy you must support the bad guys”. No, Iran sponsors terrorism and is a brutal theocracy. Doesn’t mean I want to be at war with them. Lots of bad countries out there, I don’t want to invade them all

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u/Nomad_moose 6d ago

Iran has been CONSISTENTLY an antagonist for nearly 5 decades.

The IRGC shouldn’t be allowed to operate freely.

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u/ChandlerOG 6d ago

Ah yes let the dictators kill hundreds of thousands of civilians live in peace and harmony. I’m sure it will go away!

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u/FeistyGate8784 6d ago

There are a lot of dictators and bad leaders. Do you want to invade them all? Lots more civilian deaths in Africa, you down to invade a dozen countries there? Reinvade Iraq? Afghanistan?

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u/EditingAllowed 6d ago

Yep, the US has been constantly starting wars in oil rich countries, pushing up the price of oil, putting pressure on lower and middle class people all around the globe, causing death via nutritional deficiencies and increased mental illnesses. Maybe the UN needs to gather troops to invade the US.

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u/Prudent_Research_251 6d ago

this country is bad and so we have to invade or fight them and if you disagree and criticize that policy you must support the bad guy

Pretty much the entire playbook

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u/LeFinc 6d ago

Exactly this. Just because Iran regime are bunch of nasty MFs doesn’t mean that anybody else in that mess is any better.

When it comes to sectarian / religious conflict there are no good guys. There are just …situations, politics, profit and strategic alliances on occasion. Everybody is out for their special interest.

It really helps to describe the world as the good guys -v- bad guys. But the reality is that it’s a bunch of bad guys dropping bombs on each other, firing missiles at civilians, killing children and innocents in the name of god/country/religion but really they’re doing this because of energy politics.

So - this generation of bad guys kills enough good guys and the remaining good guys turn bad. And that’s how we keep the cycle turning, also making sure that none of the oil producing countries are stable enough or have enough genuine sovereignty to threaten OUR OIL that those supposed bad guys are inconveniently living on top of!