995
Yoda voice: There is another (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.ca
112 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 21 points 8 months ago (10 children)

I know this is a meme so I shouldn’t look for historic accuracy here but a the vast majority of the US, and many of our allies, were on board for an invasion of the Middle East (Afghanistan) in 2001 after 9/11. It was the invasion of Iraq in 2003 that turned many people off.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • hideshow 10 child comments
    •
  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago (5 children)

    Afghanistan is in Southwest Asia, not the middle east, fyi

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 5 child comments
    •
  • [–] 5 points 8 months ago

    Thanks for the info! In the early 20th c. “The Middle East” was defined as the land between India and the Ottoman Empire. The term has since changed to not include Iraq and Afghanistan. During the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, the US government used the term “Greater Middle East” to encompass those two countries. That’s where my confusion lies. Learn something new every day.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    vast majority in many of our allies

    Not in Spain, it was not. I think the biggest demonstrations ever recorded in Spain to this day are the ones of those days, saying a very clear NO TO WAR. The president still sent the army any fucking way.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 1 child comment
    •
  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    the vast majority of the US, and many of our allies, were on board for an invasion of the Middle East (Afghanistan) in 2001 after 9/11.

    Spain did support the US in the war in Afghanistan after 2001. They did not support the invasion of Iraq in 2003.

  • permalink
  • fedilink
  • source
  • parent