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Wait till you see their architecture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umayyad_architecture

Yeah, thanks. I had more brutal pictures in mind, to represent the unjustifiable brutality that happened in Iraq, but that would be fucked up.

I have more, but here’s some:

Its so fucking horrible how Iraq got destroyed BECAUSE OF A LIE and the politicians and war criminals involved got off Scot free.

They’ve still yet to see a penny from the US as reparations. And of course, there is no international support. Don’t forget the UK, Australia and Poland too (countless others on the war on terror in general, too)

Al ghuraib, Haditha massacre, the countless other killings of civilians… Its senseless and brutal. But to the west, Arabs aren’t human enough for empathy I guess. (Unless they have oil, like the sauds)

I’ll check blowback later,.thank you for the link.

And that was just one war in the wider war on terror. There were a lot of other countries (UK,Germany,Italy,Canada,France,Netherlands etc etc) but the US was the worst of them all.

4.5+ million dead. 38 million displaced.

PS: After the first gulf war, Iraq had to pay $52.4b+ dollars in reparations, since it was pressed by the UN security council. Guess how much the US paid in reparations for the invasion? Nothing. The UN didn’t bother.

Of course people are silent, it would take too much of a toll on their economy, therefore their convenience.

Ah sorry, i thought you were correcting me on something.

Sorry, i’m confused. Do you mean the second gulf war? Because that’s also called just the “Iraq War”

Forgive me if i’m wrong.

Thanks - i’ve removed it. The NSFW was originally because of how violent it is, even shooting at peaceful protestors (if you can handle it, see the last link) it was such a fucked event, that unfortunately has been erased in the history books.

The whole of the arab spring was a failure, and such a violent tragedy that people never pay attention to.

Republicans are cool, but how is this related to the community?

Edit: Checked the account. one post, zero votes - now, i’m not saying anything, but…

They work better on lemmy, since fragmentation is pretty common.

I personally treat all crossposts the same, from the upvotes/comments etc

Thanks. It feels like every interaction with europeans i have about this is “well these countries are necessary for us! They’re strategic allies and better than XYZ (usually russia or china)” while ignoring the people who have to suffer the consequences. Out of sight, out of mind…

It’s refreshing to hear at least some people care about us.

Absolutely. The british and french are absolutely to blame. They destroyed the entire middle east, and made us all suffer for their own convenience. Also, the Sykes-picot agreement.

(now there are four other arabs than me that i know on lemmy :DDD)

I’d never hold my breath on this unfortunately. Europe is still not sinless, they have blood on their hands, funding both the sudanese and gazan genocide. And they have yet to pay reparations for the devastating damages of colonialism/imperialism, which has directly caused the death and suffering of millions.

The world is unfair, but no one cares about us.

Google Abdelfattah sisi wants to know your location

I see thanks. I assumed so since egypt followed a very similar timeline to you described (even the 21y reign of a murderous dictator lol)

TIL, thanks.

Nope, not iranian - i’m from the arabian peninsula, a specific monarchy in particular. I doubt that they’re terrified of me lol, this is a losing game, no matter what.

the stuff we seemingly choose to turn a blind eye to coming from foreign authoritarian regimes on European soil.

So you’ve noticed… The west only cares about anti-fascism and anti-imperialism when it threatens them. But it’s completely fine if millions of third worlders have to suffer under both, since cheap oil :(

Sorry i don’t have much to add, but if i had to guess, that country is egypt?

Sadly yes.

It’s actually worse than assassination for dissidents inside the country, it’s flat out public beheading.

But how common is it unless you’re a major regime critic?

Still common. Happened to someone i am vaguely related to, they tweeted to their [less than 10 followers] just criticism of the monarchy, and “disappeared”. Nobody ever saw them again. Later i saw a news article, of someone being executed and fitting their exact description. Fuck my life.

All they need is your real name and your comments, and it’s over.

I haven’t immigrated yet, but every time I leave my country by travelling, I feel terrified that somehow I’m being watched or someone will report on me. So I stay on my best behavior, and not break any religious laws.

Honestly, even if I leave (which I’m planning to) I don’t think I can ever feel or be safe. The gulf monarchies have boundless reach, and are practically omnipotent.

Maybe it’s just paranoia, maybe they’re not keeping a close eye on me. But I’m still afraid of messing up and losing my life.

rest in piss bozos 🚬🚬

the french and british destroyed the middle east so fucking badly, yet we’re still standing 😎 (barely, please kill me)