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[–] stink@lemmygrad.ml 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The people at that Yemeni wedding were so inspired by him, too. All for a political play to show he was "tough on terror".

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 months ago

I get it. He is absolutely a war criminal. At the time of his inauguration, he hadn't ordered any war crimes yet. I knew he would, but he also signified something important in that moment to a lot of people.