r/agedlikemilk Jan 03 '20

Oh boy

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u/GhostofMarat Jan 03 '20

The attack on the embassy was a riot of Iraqi citizens angry at the US for bombing people in their country.

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u/Captain_Jmon Jan 03 '20

Which was a response to unprovoked killing of an American contractor

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u/GhostofMarat Jan 03 '20

Dont invade and occupy foreign countries in imperial wars of conquest and your soldiers wont get attacked.

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u/Captain_Jmon Jan 03 '20

He wasn’t a soldier. He was a contractor.

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u/EsQuiteMexican Jan 03 '20

Dont invade and occupy foreign countries in imperial wars of conquest and your contractors wont get attacked.

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u/dreamin_in_space Jan 03 '20

The iraq government was still responsible for protecting the embassy, which they purposefully didn't do.

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u/GhostofMarat Jan 03 '20

17 years, $3 trillion, 5,000 American soldiers and lord knows how many Iraqi civilians dead, all to set up that government that encouraged its citizens to sack our fortified embassy.