• FoundFootFootage78@lemmy.ml
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    Europe didn’t even participate in the Iraq war, that’s a common misconception. It was just the US, UK, Australia, and Poland. And in Poland’s case they contributed just 200 troops. Sure just like with Palestine they didn’t actively oppose it meaningfully, but the Iraq war was like 90% American, 9% British, 0.5% Australian, and 0.05% Polish.

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      52 minutes ago

      This is straight up misinformation. For a start, UK and Poland are both European, and for another, a huge number of other European countries sent troops to Iraq, and you’re straight up lying to say otherwise.

      they didn’t actively oppose it meaningfully

      This is straight up genocide denial now. Europe actively, rhetorically, and materially supported (and continues to support) the Palestinian genocide and the fascist ethno state carrying it out. The disgusting fake narrative that Europe were just this uninvolved third party who meant well but were too cautious to take action is Genocide Apologist Bullshit.

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        UK and Poland are both European, but the UK has left the European Union and is clearly America’s plaything so we can safely exclude them from the category of “Europe”, while Poland sent so few troops it became a meme. Most of the European countries who sent troops did so only after a unanimous UN security council resolution, supported by both Russia and China.

        Oh and Norway apparently committed military equipment, so there’s that.

        As for opposition, my country’s prime minister has been couped for defying American foreign policy, and the leading opposition are deeply-ingrained America-sycophants. Practically speaking it’s unlikely that any opposition would succeed and even if it the most it would do is cause a mild inconvenience. The issue of Palestine is even more fraught than Iraq because of Epstein.