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[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

This also precludes that "fighting them over there" will not itself create an deep-seated hatred of the united states in countries with now-unstable governments, radicalizing more people to a point they would be capable of committing terrorism on US soil, not less.

What I mean to say is that if I'm an Iraqi who grew up with my country being ravaged by a war it had nothing to do with in the first place, I'm going to blame the united states.