• penquin@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        Iraq is where I’m originally from, and Chinese products are ubiquitous there. They even built schools and hospitals there. Sorry for misunderstanding at first.

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          1 year ago

          Lord. The irony. Could have had a little US in Iraq after us essentially living there forever. Now it’s Chinatown

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            1 year ago

            Yup. US could have taken all the contracts and became the good guy, but nope, they burnt it down to the ground and left.

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              Not that we should have the contracts and control a country like that, but I’d like to think there could have been a win/win. Would have been nice to have a friendly and supported Iraq, on its way to healing some, at the end of the day.

              Overall, a failure of US leadership on all fronts. Any positive results may have just been a bridge too far in the minds of politicians and rallying the public just not worth it for them. Silly.