• Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      10·
      8 months ago

      Iraq was also a consequence of 9/11. It would never have happened without it.

      • Tavarin@lemmy.ca
        7·
        8 months ago

        Arguable, Iraq was Bush Jr. finishing what his father started in the late 80s. It may well have happened even without 9/11. Afghanistan however was a direct consequence of 9/11, and is a more apt metaphor for what Israel is doing now.

        • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          6·
          8 months ago

          I think Bush would want to do it, but would never have been able to get the go along without the war fever.

    • Dr. JenkemAEnglish
      5·
      8 months ago

      Yes, first was Afghanistan. But the Iraq invasion was still under the “war on terror”. Besides, I was simply referring to the author’s argument:

      But he added that we had to consider what the US did when attacked on 9/11: it invaded Iraq, with 200,000 [his figures] killed in three years.

      • Tavarin@lemmy.ca
        41·
        8 months ago

        Iraq may well have been invaded even without 9/11, as it was Bush Jr. finishing what his father started in the late 80s.

        The direct consequence of 9/11 was Afghanistan, and thus is a more apt metaphor for what is happening with Israel right now.

        • bedrooms@kbin.social
          3·
          8 months ago

          There’s no point raising a metaphor in the first place. A metaphor doesn’t justify anything. It’s just a rhetorical tool that is supposed to help deliver a point. However, all it does in this instance is mess and draw confusion.