• PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    The Iraqi insurgency was run by ex -Baath party members who used to run and be the army when GW dismissed them to “nation build.”. They went home and took their weapons with them. However, many, many died. They were also supported by Iran.

    The rest, as they say, is history.

    • HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Do you think that there aren’t plenty of former military people that are on the political left?