CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTrump says he deserves Nobel Peace Prize but has doubts he will get itwww.reuters.comexternal-linkmessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down13
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minus-squareYew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoFalse equivalency. Not ending wars fast enough is not the same thing as Trump literally starting a war. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_of_United_States_troops_from_Afghanistan_(2011–2016) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_of_United_States_troops_from_Iraq_(2007–2011) Where is the page about Trump announcing a withdrawal from Iran? When that page exists, maybe then you can call them equivalent. Until then, it’s a bad faith argument.
minus-squaredeathmetaldawgy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoHe didn’t start it but he escalated from Bush. That was my only point, it’s equivalent in the unnecessary bloodshed.
False equivalency. Not ending wars fast enough is not the same thing as Trump literally starting a war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_of_United_States_troops_from_Afghanistan_(2011–2016)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_of_United_States_troops_from_Iraq_(2007–2011)
Where is the page about Trump announcing a withdrawal from Iran? When that page exists, maybe then you can call them equivalent. Until then, it’s a bad faith argument.
He didn’t start it but he escalated from Bush. That was my only point, it’s equivalent in the unnecessary bloodshed.