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EdwardBernays

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7. You're v welcome

Reply to polly7 (Reply #6)

Sat Feb 6, 2016, 12:09 PM

Feb 2016

The crucial thing to remember is that Americans are ignorant of so much of what they're own country has been up to, especially since the end of WW2... But those that have suffered at our hands, from Europe (thousands of civilians killed) South America (10s to thousands of civilians killed), to the middle east (hundreds of thousands)... Those people aren't as ignorant. And don't have the luxury of looking the other direction.

Plus of course, by all accounts, the main outcome of what we're doing in Yemen - mass starvation, bombing children's hospitals, etc. - is boosting al Qaeda and ISIS in Yemen.

Plus don't forget the US tried and largely succeeded squashing a UN investigation in Yemen.

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Human Rights are Buried by UK Arms Profits as Yemen Bleeds [View all] polly7 Feb 2016 OP

The US is exactly as involved. Well... EdwardBernays Feb 2016 #1

Horrible. polly7 Feb 2016 #2

Don't forget EdwardBernays Feb 2016 #3

The more I learn about all this the more disgusting it all becomes. polly7 Feb 2016 #4

If you EdwardBernays Feb 2016 #5

Thank you! nt. polly7 Feb 2016 #6

You're v welcome EdwardBernays Feb 2016 #7

All of this really, honestly breaks my heart. polly7 Feb 2016 #8

Always happy to share knowledge EdwardBernays Feb 2016 #9