I guess the 2003 invasion and ensuing U.S. occupation didn't help shit, huh?
this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2023
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Who could have known that indiscriminate air strikes and kidnapping random 'military-age men' wouldn't lead to Iraqis adopting Western values? Clearly the problem must have been that the Coalition of the Willing didn't destroy enough key infrastructure.
It turns out, when you bomb what was arguably one of the most educated country in the Middle East "back into the stone age", all the educated people, who are probably more socially liberal, just pick up and leave, because they have the means and opportunity to do so.
And many collaborators who translated for the invaders in the GWOT were subsequently killed because the U.S. is too lazy, callous, and/or greedy to ship them over here. It’s incredible how they didn’t lose their credibility long ago
"BOMB IRAQ BACK TO THE STONE AGE"
That’s my wholesome werthers original chungus, respected Republican
Where did all of the decorum in politics go?
wp to rainbow imperialism, gay rights have been spread by force just as all the nafo memes say they do!
The US’ mission to spread democracy and human rights in the Middle East have been a success
A reminder that before 9/11 the US was funding these groups to defeat the 'evil commies' in the area. So yeah, maybe fascism isn't the lesser of two evils?
i warned you about destabilising iraq bro i told you dog
I'm gonna deviate your dad's dick
god could dad deviate a dick
The opposite of burning a Koran is burning a gay pride flag? What, they couldn't find any Gay Bibles?
Considering Islam is everything in most middle eastern countries, burning the Quran is seen as an attack on their very being, so the retaliation is burning gay flags because it’s seen as an attack on the west’s core identity which is funny because that’s far from what the west values
Actchully...
what
I remember in the late 90s some guy wrote a play where Jesus and his disciples were gay. You can imagine how conservatives felt about this.
Jesus was, supposedly, an unmarried 30-something rabbi, which was highly unusually for Jewish society at the time. He was a carpenter (worked with wood) and his friends were shepherds and sailors (historically gay professions). The signs have always been there.
It's that or he was married to Mary Magdalene.
worked with wood
Isn’t Magdalene said to be Jesus’ most loyal follower who wasn’t a disciple and understood his teachings more than any of them, while Jesus was constantly frustrated with the disciples screw ups and misunderstandings? Feel like it would be more realistic for him to get it in with her than with the men who irritate him
Canonically, there is very little said about Mary Magdalene in the Bible, other than that she was one of Jesus' earliest followers and witnessed his crucifixion and resurrection. The stuff you are talking about comes from "heretical" texts.
I like how all the heretical texts are 100% more interesting while the canonical shit is just so boring it drives me to sleep. Like, I could read about the nephelim, Judas being part of Jesus’ plan, and all that weird shit about angels and demons.