She actually made an excellent point on the consequences of colonialism and war policies…
She’s not wrong that most foreign terrorist threats the US faces were radicalized by our own political and military involvement in other regions
That’s rich coming from someone who threatens to intervene with her army if someone complains to her
Oh you! Fellow Bjork fan
Curious. Do you have a source for this? I feel I am lacking context.
It’s a reference to her song, Army of Me. Great song
It’s always fascinating when leaders and analysts end up echoing Ramzi Yousef’s speech at his trial.
… Wait, Iceland doesn’t have an army?
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Time to invade Iceland guys, they’ve had it far too good for a while now!
No oil. Not worth the effort.
Do they have oil?
Even better, they have lava!
Brb, working on a lava-powered gas guzzler.
They don’t have an army, true, but the reason they don’t need one is that they are a part of NATO, and are exempt from the requirements of contributing to NATOs standing forces in return for providing facilities and land to the alliance.
So Björk is being at bit disingenuous. It’s not like the Icelanders are a shining beacon of pacifism and diplomacy, they’re just part of a big military alliance.
See https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/declassified_162083.htm
You do know that Iceland is essentially inhabited by Vikings?
DON’T POKE THE BEAR!
I don’t think being a ye olde big blonde rapist is gonna help someone handle a Sidewinder missile.
Erik’s just gonna catch that fucker mid-air and yeet it back at you, and the bastard will look good whilst doing it
Well yeah, it happened 23 years ago. It’s old news at this point.
And yet people chose to believe the comforting lie that they hate us for our freedom
Well, said at least - this story’s almost a decade old.
It’s just a reminder on the anniversary of 9/11
Also, this post from Tom Morello
Can we have a screenshot? I don’t want to sign up to Instagram.
Maybe reflect that in your title with the word “said” instead of “says” which deceptively makes it seem like a current/recent event?
She’s gotta meet more Americans (or don’t, I get it), we’re fucking morons over here.
Seriously. Saying “we’re fucking morons” for being surprised by the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center might be hyperbole, except the same group tried the same thing in 1993! They were just bad at it. Instead of being a KIND OF A REALLY BIG HINT, that incident just kind of disappeared down the memory hole.
In the American mindset, their own wars are fought by the poor people and in faraway countries. Both unrelatable on a personal level, both expendable for political rhetoric and engaging news entertainment.
“Fought by losers (and no one I know) in countries that deserve it.”
~ Trump probably, but with worse structure.
downvotes are coming in hard. lol
Maybe initially, but the vote balance actually seems pretty fair now
It’s exactly like how kids get bullied and bring a gun to school. If you hit someone, don’t cry about it when they hit you back because you aren’t getting any sympathy. If you treat someone unfairly, is it out of line when they hit you below the belt?
This is a myth. Many school shooters are actually also bullies.
Bullies who cry and bring a gun when someone hits them back.
So exactly like the US (also Russia)
when keeping it real goes wrong…
How many?
https://www.vox.com/2014/11/3/7132879/school-shooting-facts
There’s this long standing myth going back to Columbine that school shooters are outcasts and weirdos and bully victims, but that was based on nothing. There’s not really a school shooter “type”.
They can be bullies, bullied, popular, outcasts, it doesn’t really matter.
But statistically, overwhelmingly American
Facts. School shootings are a national pass time.
Thanks!
And yet they were
not everyone
Sure fucking seemed like it
