• nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    Americans have cared about arabs one way or the other since 2001, we had wars over this, we took in refugees and interpreters. No one older than 12 thinks this is sudden.

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      7 months ago

      It’s a stretch to say that going to war in the middle east indicated “care” about/for Arab people.

      Also, I haven’t checked but I’d bet good money that we’ve gone back on more promises than we’ve actually honored WRT interpreters.

      Meaning, to be clear:

      We’ve promised a lot of interpreters U.S. visas / citizenship if they helped us in Iraq and Afghanistan, and have probably blocked more from entry to the U.S. than we have allowed.

      That is utterly fucked up, and I don’t see why anyone would trust such promises from the U.S. in the future.