Comment on Trump is marching toward war with Iran. He hasn’t bothered to make clear why | Mohamad Bazzi
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 16 hours agoAmericans in the Middle East are this era’s version of the crusades.
Comment on Trump is marching toward war with Iran. He hasn’t bothered to make clear why | Mohamad Bazzi
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 16 hours agoAmericans in the Middle East are this era’s version of the crusades.
SarahValentine@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 hours ago
The middle east in the middle east is its own clusterfuck of “crusades”, with or without American involvement. Not that that’s any reason for the US to be there anyway.
SpikesOtherDog@ani.social 9 minutes ago
I think you are missing the point. The crusades were a political vehicle to gain favor with the Catholic Church at the time, plunder, and express power against a faceless people.
The only difference now is that team Trump thinks that it will give him some leverage against Americans or his political opponents.