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我是一个住在伊斯坦布尔的 30 岁土耳其人。我从小就看着土耳其新闻频道播放美国轰炸伊拉克、叙利亚和阿富汗的恐怖画面。日日夜夜，炸弹落下，无辜的人们在半夜被从家中拖走；丈夫们经常在家人面前被逮捕或杀害。维基解密公布的视频显示，美国士兵从攻击直升机上欢快地向记者和其他无辜平民开火。我看到了阿布格莱布监狱里穆斯林囚犯遭受酷刑的恐怖画面。后来，大量移民开始涌入土耳其——数百万，乌克兰战争爆发后，涌入的人更多。住房、购物和所有其他东西都变得难以置信地昂贵。年轻人开始很难找到工作。美丽、好客的土耳其文化发生了转变，取而代之的是对难民的巨大种族主义和仇恨。这一切都源于来自美国摧毁的国家的难民涌入。因此，我曾经对美国恨之入骨。后来，由于我对软件工程的强烈兴趣，我开始学习英语。我逐渐习惯了美国媒体及其人民的日常生活，我开始意识到美国本身是如何被入侵的，以及整个建制派是如何被一小撮人劫持并为他们服务的。最近，美国关于伊朗的战争宣传完全改变了我的看法。美国民众似乎反对在中东发动另一场致命的战争。我开始在 YouTube 和 X 上观看美国退伍军人的视频，阅读他们的博客；几乎无一例外，他们都反对战争。尽管如此，庞大的宣传机器还是开始支持战争，我终于意识到幕后主使是谁：是谁策划了所有这些战争，是谁控制着整个美国的政治领域，是谁推动在中东发动战争和政权更迭行动，是谁压榨着普通的美国人，为他们提供世界上最糟糕的医疗保健系统、最垃圾的食物和最差的社会保障系统，同时每天通过庞大的媒体机构、好莱坞和社交媒体公司对他们进行彻底的洗脑。我曾经认为，“是中央情报局、国家安全局、老大哥”，或者“是五角大楼、共产主义者、中国共产党、军工复合体”。尤其是在观看了 YouTube 上一位前中央情报局间谍的播客之后，我意识到他们都不是蛇头。当然，军方机构中总会有一些官员希望战争，但我意识到他们并不是所有这些战争贩卖的主要驱动力。而美国人民呢？他们似乎几乎完全没有意识到他们的税款是如何被花费的。我意识到他们和那些被入侵国家的人一样倒霉。他们被一小撮人坑了，我甚至不能在这里提到他们的名字；他们就是这么强大。这就是为什么我不再憎恨美国。我憎恨那些坑害他们的人，把他们当成有用的白痴，就像我们其他人一样。

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I am a 30-year-old Turkish man living in Istanbul. I grew up watching Turkish news channels show horrific pictures of US bombings in Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan. Day and night, bombs were dropped, and innocent people were hauled from their houses in the middle of the night; husbands were often arrested or killed in front of their families. WikiLeaks published videos showing US soldiers joyfully firing at journalists and other innocent people from an attack helicopter. I saw horrific pictures of Muslim prisoners being tortured in Abu Ghraib prison.<p>Then, a huge flow of immigrants started coming to Türkiye—millions of them, with more arriving after the war in Ukraine. Housing, shopping, and everything else became incredibly expensive. Young people started having a terrible time finding jobs. The beautiful, hospitable Turkish culture shifted, replaced by immense racism and hatred towards refugees. This was all due to the large number of refugees coming from countries the US had destroyed. As a result, I hated the US's guts.<p>Later in life, I started learning English due to my strong interest in software engineering. I became accustomed to American media and the daily lives of its people, and I started realizing how invaded the US itself was and how the entire establishment was hijacked by and served a small group of people. Recently, the war propaganda in the US regarding Iran shifted my view entirely. The American population seemed to be against another deadly war in the Middle East. I started watching US war veterans on YouTube and X and reading their blogs; almost without exception, they were against the war. Despite that, the huge propaganda machine started up in favor of it, and I finally realized who was behind it all along: who was behind all of these wars, who was controlling the entire US political realm, who was pushing for wars and regime change operations in the Middle East, who was squeezing everyday Americans, serving them the worst healthcare system in the world, the junkiest food, and the worst social security system, all while completely brainwashing them every day via the huge media establishment, Hollywood, and social media companies.<p>I used to think, "It's the CIA, the NSA, Big Brother," or "It's the Pentagon, the commies, the Chicoms, the military-industrial complex." Especially after watching a podcast of an ex-CIA spy on YouTube, I realized none of them were the head of the snake. Sure, there will always be some officials in a military establishment who want war, but I realized they were not the primary driving force behind all this warmongering. And the American people? They seem almost completely oblivious to how their tax money is being spent. I realized they were as screwed as the people of those invaded countries. They are screwed by a handful of people whose names I can't even mention here; that's how powerful they are.<p>This is why I don't hate the US anymore. I hate those who screw them over, treating them like useful idiots, just like the rest of us.

我曾认为美国是“最大的撒旦”；以下是我不再这么认为的原因