Invoking God to bomb Iran, Trump is reviving a deadly tradition of religiously justified US violence.

  • NoneOfUrBusiness
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    67 days ago

    Setting aside the obvious “Al Jazeera is not Qatari state media,” who has Qatar used religion to justify bombing?

    • AmidFuror
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      27 days ago

      The article broadens the connection to violence, not just bombs dropped from aircraft. Qatar has for years supported Islamists in the region, including the Houthis and Muslim Brotherhood. Qatar, like this article, is aligned with Iran.

      • NoneOfUrBusiness
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        47 days ago

        First: Define “support”. Second: The Muslim Brotherhood stopped using violence decades ago. Third: Way to miss the point. The article is discussing imperial violence. I hope this doesn’t need to be said, but not all violence is equal.

        • AmidFuror
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          17 days ago

          Oh, OK. Imperial violence. Got it. If you define things narrowly enough, you can never be a hypocrite.

          • NoneOfUrBusiness
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            27 days ago

            Yes, that is the only reason one would want to distinguish between violence in the interest of self-determination and violence in the interest of robbing from others self-determination.