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[–] gun@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

For Americans, this conflict is very far away. America is involved with every country, it's hard to see a conflict of this scale not having an impact on America.

But the conflicts that America is involved in Somalia and Yemen do matter for Americans. Saudi Arabia payed us $100 billion for weapons to kill people in Yemen. But no one has a Yemeni flag on their social media.

It's like in your car example. But somehow you were running people over with your car and you didn't care. But when someone else does it you care. Even when it's ruining your car. It's plain hypocrisy.

[–] GayLegend@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] gun@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago
[–] ster@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Yes, you make a good point. The west should be talking more about the conflicts we are responsible for (which if you go back in history is probably practically all of them)