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[–] S_H_K@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 55 minutes ago
[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 31 points 21 hours ago (2 children)
[–] drolex@sopuli.xyz 32 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Remember when I removed all the nails of your left hand with a bottle opener? So many lulz

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 9 points 18 hours ago

And then you called me a dog and didn't let me sleep for 37 hours! Hahahahah!

[–] SanctimoniousApe 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Pretty sad statement when those days seem better than today.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 10 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

That's because Mommy MIC was being properly fed. Now it's just ICE, ICE, and more ICE.

/uj

That might be hindsight at work. Things in Iraq were pretty dire as the US brought democracy and triggered regime change. Those of us who were against the invasion also thought it was a pretty terrible foreign policy spasm.

[–] aliteral@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 4 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Do I have to /s everything around here?

[–] derry@midwest.social 2 points 1 hour ago

Nowadays, yes. Reality hasn't collided this hard with fiction in decades, perhaps centuries.

[–] anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 17 hours ago

If you commit to explicit tags by having an /uj before, than yes. Otherwise most people would pick it up.

[–] aliteral@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

Maybe??

Sorry. Text is a hell of a medium for sarcasm...

[–] recklessengagement@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Anyone have a clip? Can't find one not region locked

[–] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

https://youtu.be/e4sQYIxItsM?t=42m16s

this worked for me, timestamp is for the moment they laughed when comparison to Iraq was brought up. Not sure how accurate this translation is, I watched this bit in a different community translated to a different language.

edit: his imprisonment was brought up around 10:00 but it's nowhere close to this guy's tweet

[–] lemmyadminskys@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Drew Pavlou is a nazi btw op

[–] JargonWagon@lemmy.world 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

He is? Trying to find some info about that, and all I'm finding is that he does some protesting against the Chinese government, and helped with some humanitarian aid for Ukraine. Can't tell if I'm just missing some details about him or if he's just not popular with the tankies here.

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Honestly, a casual scroll down his Twitter page at any given time will tell you all you need to know. What you think of his opinions is for you to make your mind up about, but it's not just occasional or subtle.

https://xcancel.com/DrewPavlou

[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Newbie here. Was he actaully in Al Qaeda or was that just a charge?

He was. Later on he fell out with them and actively fought them.

He started out as a hardcore Islamist and turned into a moderate Islamist.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Lots of people were in Al-Qaeda because it offered safety from being murdered by Al-Quaeda. Their recruitment process was largely stick, and only a little carrot.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago

Is it that way culturally or just lack of carrots?

[–] 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Would it have mattered? You're being invaded on a false pretense and everything around you is getting destroyed, either by the extremists or the invaders that never face any consequences when they kill terrorists or civilians.

What options do you have?