• RowRowRowYourBot@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Im not incapable of reading. Your writing clearly states that Carter was responsible. You claim he oversaw it which is just flatly incorrect.

    You think Im a bot because my username contains the word “bot”?

    “In 1977-1978, as Indonesia engaged in wholesale destruction of East Timor through massive bombardment and forced relocation of populations”

    That REALLY sounds like Indonesia was responsible for the genocide they were committing. Why are you blaming an American president for a war waged by Indonesians due to choices made by the Indonesian government? Do you think Indonesia had no agency in the genocide they perpetrated?

    Again it is really weird you are blaming Carter for this.

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      1 day ago

      The US role in the East Timor genocide is common knowledge. Henry Kissinger is usually blamed for greenlighting and facilitating it, but Carter did not have clean hands.

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      2 days ago

      due to choices made by the Indonesian government

      If you knew anything at all about the thing you’re talking about, the democratically elected Indonesian government were some of the ones being targeted in the genocide, by far-right groups who were able to overthrow it due to US backing. Absolutely disgusting to try to blame this on the Indonesians and trying to absolve the US of guilt.

      If I go through your post history, what’s the over-under I’ll find you blaming Russia for the rise of the far-right in the US?