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[–] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 10 points 5 days ago (3 children)

NATO wasn't involved in Iraq were they?

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 31 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Not NATO, countries that just so happened to be members of NATO for completely unrelated reasons don’t even worry about it.

[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 24 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Bush desperately tried to tie saddam to al-qaeda so he could trigger article 5 by claiming 9/11 was an act of aggression. That didn't pan out but the empires most loyal dogs still went with the us on their massmurder campaign. See the "coalition of the willing"

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 days ago

Fair enough, nobody in Poland seem to even remember this happened.