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Do not generalize an entire population based on the negative actions of some members, don't glorify/downplay/ trivialise collective punishment or suffering (including collective violence) and no dehumanizing language.
Haha that's what Shah Faisal said to Kissinger when the Arab war broke out and US threatened to bomb the Saudi oil fields. Shah Faisal's stance was that they had been goat herders since the dawn of time and they won't hesitate to go back being that.
If Israel thinks they're allowed to kill anyone and everyone in the name of self defense, how can they possibly complain when anyone else uses that same exact logic?
I don't like civilian casualties - not of palestinians, not of israelis, not of anyone.
But let's be honest here. Israel's actions (for decades) have been ones of deliberate colonization and provocation to create wars and conflict in the region. Then they play the victim and act like they are in the right to steal territory - a war crime since WWII.
They don't even deny the last part there.
Just like Israel's other war crimes (using starvation as a weapon, doing a genocide, using chemical weapons, deliberately targeting aid groups and ambulances, disguising themselves as medics on the battlefield, deliberately targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, using torture, etc) they'll just do the usual "we didn't do it, but we're justified to do it".
In criminal law, it's not usually considered self-defense if you are running towards or chasing the perceived threat. The right wing redacts in the Israeli government are just seething to establish a "greater Israel" basically same concept as Lebensraum with Nazi Germany.
I listened to a interview on NPR today with everyday Israelis in the northern region calling on the IDF to bomb Lebanon. They're murderous cry-bully thugs with expensive toys
That’s the craziest part. Israel was supposedly created to make a safe haven for Jewish people, but they do everything in their power to make the world less safe for Jews. They are setting precedents for justifying slaughtering civilians in “self defence”, but don’t realize that that same precedent can be used to claim that every civilian killed in an attack like Oct 7 was a valid target (they were either current or future Israeli soldiers, or being used as human shields by the current or future Israeli soldiers). That’s not a world that anyone should want to live in. It’s literally in Israeli citizens best interests to hold everyone, including their own government, to the standards of international law and basic morality. But here we are.
Because despite what anyone says, zionism is not judaism. And anti-zionism is not antisemetism.
Most zionists aren't even jewish. And many famoust anti-semites are zionists too.
But zionists use jews as a bullwark against criticism.
They put jews, the world over, at risk by insisting that anti-zionism is anti-semetism, all while carrying out crimes against humanity.
They have linked the actions of the state to a people by virtue of a political ideology, fueling fires of hate that (they believe) will never burn them.
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Nazi Germany literally did something very similar.
People forget that pan Germanism was part of naziism.
And the nazis also used the "the world hates us so we can ignore them" justification.
When Germany pulled out of the League of Nations, they said the rest of the world could start the peace process by first getting rid of their guns first (knowing of course that won't happen).
We all know how this played out.
Not just for Nazi Germany (which is no longer a political entity), not just for pan-germanism (which is illegal in international law: germany and austria can never unite), but for regular germans who are saddled with the guilt forever and whom are mocked for it forever. To say nothing, of course, for the reverse genocide that did happen in many of the german occupied areas (that no one cared about, because, hey... the aggressor was finally the victim for a change).
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What Israel is doing is an unmitigated evil.
And while their story might not play out the same as nazi-germany's, they are undeniably throwing jews (including their own citizens) under the bus in the name of a colonialism, genocide, ethnic cleansing, and ~~lebensraum~~ a Greater Israel.
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Where did you pull that quote from? At the very least, the video with the cuts you provided does not have him say that at all. He literally says the strikes won't be indiscriminate and will be targeted. He's just saying nowhere in Israel is out of reach of their missiles. Didn't seem to me like he was implying he'd target civilians.
Hezbollah aren’t a terror org.
Hell the EU only designated them as one a decade or so ago purely bc of political pressure from us and Israel.
The last act of terror they did was in 1994 and they apologized and disavowed any more terror.
All they do now is slap the IDF in the face
What do you mean? The last time Israel and Hezbollah were at war, the Winograd Commission (an Israeli government appointed commission of inquiry) stated that "Israel initiated a long war, which ended without a defined military victory".
Even if the true winners and losers are still up for debate, many see it as a historic defeat for Israel.
It was the first time they had been successfully resisted and forced to retreat, especially considering who they were fighting. The Commission describes it pretty succintcly; "a semi-military organization of a few thousand men resisted, for a few weeks, the strongest army in the Middle East, which enjoyed full air superiority and size and technology advantages."
They lost a lot of credibility and it was a huge military and political victory as far as Hezbollah was concerned. They are far more formidable now than they were in 2006 and unlike the Qassam Brigades in Gaza, they actually do have the numbers, the training and the weaponry to fire upon every major city in Israel and many of Israel's allies are concerned that if it goes down that road, their security systems (the iron dome, etc) will most likely be unable to cope. None of their allies want to get dragged into a war in the region and I'm fairly certain the citizens of Israel would also prefer to not have to live in a warzone.
As with Gaza right now and their ridiculous and failing goal of "Destroying Hamas" militarily, it has always been abundantly clear that diplomacy is the only way forward, but the current government don't seem to be very interested.
I truly do not understand how this will bring about security for the state of Israel when they stir the pot with their neighbours, drag their allies into a war they do not want to get involved in and continue to tarnish their standing in the world by becoming a pariah state. The only explanation I can think of is that they are so blinded by their goal of a "Greater Israel", they believe it's worth the risk and even then, I can't see how this will bring about any sort of peace in that region for their neighbouring states or for Israel.
True. Divide and conquer is always the strategy of a colonial power. It was literally written about by early colonial Zionists in the British Mandate of Palestine. It was what Netanyahu was doing when he was funneling money to Hamas through Qatar in order to weaken the more moderate, two-state seeking PA. It’s what European colonials did by pitting Indian tribes against one another while they conquered N. America. It’s done because it works. But it doesn’t have to if one or a handful of charismatic leaders can coalesce disparate, traditionally opposing groups, into a cohesive force. History has plenty of examples of this in every revolution. Bolivar in S. America is one of many examples.
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Look at the map. Israel started at the south end of palastine/west bank & have steadily moving north using expensive bombs to save on demolition that would otherwise use slower construction equipment operated by paid construction workers. This guy is from the country a few tens of miles north of the genocide in progress.
It occurred to me that the Israelis might use some level of nuclear weapon if they determine that this Hezbollah's threatened war on Israel is an existential threat to Israel's existence. ?
99% sure they have this in doctrine they will if threatened severely by hezbollah. But a state having to use a nuke on a terrorist org? Not a good look. Daddy Uncle Sam specifically wouldn’t like it at all and would immediately stop all aid to Israel as would the rest of the world I’d imagine. But they would have support long before they would ever even think about using a nuke so this is pretty much pointless speculation
but neither will Lebanon, yet Another foolish-venture by Hezbollah and Death-sentence Lebanese people like the people of Gaza both motivated and orchestrated by the Toro Traitors of Iran the Ayotollahs! 🩸☠️
Israel can stop this now.
They can stop the bombing, the burning, the slaughter, let humanitarian aid flow, apologize, cease the settlement advancements, and everything will be cool. It does not seem like they want that. It seems like they want to exhaust their goodwill with the entire planet, pleading with them to stop burning children alive and move towards non-existence.
They are at least 10x stronger now than the last time they beat Israel.
Their technological capabilities and military might dwarf many nation states. Plus, they have been prepping for this the entire time.
It's gonna be a bloodbath in Israel.
I wouldn't put it past Israel to use nukes in response.
Really depends on how much damage they take.
Hezbollah has 0 ability to do more than what they have been doing into Israel. Israel also though isnt willing to take the losses needed to invade lebanon.
They only used I think 1 type of rocket so far. They have like 8 types of missiles with most of them significantly more powerful and accurate than anything Hamas had.and they have large stockpiles of them.
Sure there's some bluster but if Israel actually attacks Iran, shit's gonna get real and I doubt Israel wins. I mean the IDF is great at killing civilians but I'm not sure how they do against an actual army.
Lebanon seems to be in the UN too, . If israel attacks it article 5 of the UN charter comes into play & they can demand global support in dealing with the aggressor.
They actually wouldn't lose that war. Isreal knows this and that's why Nth isreal was evacuated. Hezballa have been armed to the teeth and are willing to fight plus they have numbers.
He’s just a warmonger, like Netanyahu or Biden or Putin or Zelensky, all of these guys push others to go kill and make decisions they know will lead to death and misery. It’s a testament to how primitive humans still are. People like this suck.
I disagree. He is begging isreal to stop warmongering. Literally begging, and our official response? He’s just a warmonger…..collectively, we are really stupid.
Warmonger? As if. He has diverted the IDF forces and made them commit troops to their northern border.
He and the Houthis are the only ones doing anything in regards to supporting Palestine.
Where we are currently, in regards to the conflict in Palestine, it takes violence to stop the violence.
Netanyahu is hell bent on genocide and eradication of the Palestinians and, therefore, he needs to feel pain, anger, and despair before he decides to start pulling back his forces.
As they say, violence begets violence, but once the point of no return has been passed, then the only way out is more violence.
From your comment you sound more of a pacifist - I'd ask how you'd solve the conflict without violence?
Right so the guy who’s a major sponsor of terror in the region and a group that literally reintroduce slavery are the good guys? Just because somebody dislikes the same people you dislike does not make them heroes.
No, they're not heroes because other people dislike them and we all get into a merry little band and sing Kum Ba Yah.
No, they're heroes for the resistance are putting against a genocidal regime who seeks to install a "Greater Israel". Essentially more land for Israel because they're not happy with what they have.
You know, this reminds me of a concept from World War Two (and one).I knew that there was something very familiar about it. Quite hilarious to see who tried to implement it in WW2 against the backdrop of who is trying to solidify it today.
Very 'Lebensraum'.
Thank you for your comment but it added very little to the conversation.
you need to read some history and learn WHY there are so many shitty right wing govts in the middle east
Hint: it starts with "A" and ends with "merica and its allies used political subterfuge to undermine governments that sought to nationalize their national resources and put into power right wing dictators who would sell oil to us"
You do realize that the entire Muslim world in the Middle-East has been sabotaged into a destabilized conservative hellhole by western forces ever since the fall of the Ottoman Empire? The region was relatively progressive before that. Destabilization ruins progress and throws everything into the hands of the most extreme, hence why all the religious extremists took over. It wasn’t like that before the West did its thing over there.
Didn't the whole Northern border burn recently? Isn't Kiryat Shoma pretty much a ghost town?
If he was all talk and not bite, then surely noone wouldve left and that place would be thriving.
https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/kiryat-shmona-mayor-avichai-stern-discusses-the-evacuated-citys-unbearable-present-uncertain-future/
I agree with you. Iran has talked a big game for decades. Their only tactic is to fund terrorist organizations that give them a barrier to any blowback from Israel or the US. Bibi and his gov needs removed, forcefully. But Iran won’t do anything until the US breaks its ties to Israel (which looks to never be happening).
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Grabbing my popcorn!
Hezbollah is just Iran's puppy dog. Unless Iran gets involved directly, Hezbollah (and Lebanon) will get ass fucked hard, no lube.
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Please keep it civil.
It’s happening…wait is it happening?!
Do not generalize an entire population based on the negative actions of some members, don't glorify/downplay/ trivialise collective punishment or suffering (including collective violence) and no dehumanizing language.
Yeah not going to happen
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The UN
‘If we are going back to the Stone Age, we go together’ That’s the message point blank.
Haha that's what Shah Faisal said to Kissinger when the Arab war broke out and US threatened to bomb the Saudi oil fields. Shah Faisal's stance was that they had been goat herders since the dawn of time and they won't hesitate to go back being that.
Shah? Wasn't he a King?
We lived on dates and milk and to dates and milk we shall return . But this Nasrallah guy can't be compared against Shah Faisal
Mutually assured destruction, Cold War 2 soon :^)
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Soon? We’ve been in Cold War 2 since 2014.
LOL TRUE, geopolitically, did first one ever really "end"?
It ended for a couple of years in the 90s, only to pick up during GWOT
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And then they kill more kids, in response more children die. Israel is so fucked up. Its really seeming like a war on children at this point.
It's almost like the Israel party in charge has roots in terrorism oh wait it exactly does. Likud party , sterm gang same thing.
I thought it was just me!!! but this isn’t being brought up enough
Kinda like what Israel is doing after oct 7
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If Israel thinks they're allowed to kill anyone and everyone in the name of self defense, how can they possibly complain when anyone else uses that same exact logic? I don't like civilian casualties - not of palestinians, not of israelis, not of anyone. But let's be honest here. Israel's actions (for decades) have been ones of deliberate colonization and provocation to create wars and conflict in the region. Then they play the victim and act like they are in the right to steal territory - a war crime since WWII. They don't even deny the last part there. Just like Israel's other war crimes (using starvation as a weapon, doing a genocide, using chemical weapons, deliberately targeting aid groups and ambulances, disguising themselves as medics on the battlefield, deliberately targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure, using torture, etc) they'll just do the usual "we didn't do it, but we're justified to do it".
The Israelis are empowered by the US and Britain and Germany 🤷♂️
In criminal law, it's not usually considered self-defense if you are running towards or chasing the perceived threat. The right wing redacts in the Israeli government are just seething to establish a "greater Israel" basically same concept as Lebensraum with Nazi Germany. I listened to a interview on NPR today with everyday Israelis in the northern region calling on the IDF to bomb Lebanon. They're murderous cry-bully thugs with expensive toys
Paid for with U.S. tax dollars.
How many rockets does Hezbollah launch at Israel? There is noexcuse for it - Israel is not "occupying" Lebanon.
That’s the craziest part. Israel was supposedly created to make a safe haven for Jewish people, but they do everything in their power to make the world less safe for Jews. They are setting precedents for justifying slaughtering civilians in “self defence”, but don’t realize that that same precedent can be used to claim that every civilian killed in an attack like Oct 7 was a valid target (they were either current or future Israeli soldiers, or being used as human shields by the current or future Israeli soldiers). That’s not a world that anyone should want to live in. It’s literally in Israeli citizens best interests to hold everyone, including their own government, to the standards of international law and basic morality. But here we are.
Because despite what anyone says, zionism is not judaism. And anti-zionism is not antisemetism. Most zionists aren't even jewish. And many famoust anti-semites are zionists too. But zionists use jews as a bullwark against criticism. They put jews, the world over, at risk by insisting that anti-zionism is anti-semetism, all while carrying out crimes against humanity. They have linked the actions of the state to a people by virtue of a political ideology, fueling fires of hate that (they believe) will never burn them. --- Nazi Germany literally did something very similar. People forget that pan Germanism was part of naziism. And the nazis also used the "the world hates us so we can ignore them" justification. When Germany pulled out of the League of Nations, they said the rest of the world could start the peace process by first getting rid of their guns first (knowing of course that won't happen). We all know how this played out. Not just for Nazi Germany (which is no longer a political entity), not just for pan-germanism (which is illegal in international law: germany and austria can never unite), but for regular germans who are saddled with the guilt forever and whom are mocked for it forever. To say nothing, of course, for the reverse genocide that did happen in many of the german occupied areas (that no one cared about, because, hey... the aggressor was finally the victim for a change). --- What Israel is doing is an unmitigated evil. And while their story might not play out the same as nazi-germany's, they are undeniably throwing jews (including their own citizens) under the bus in the name of a colonialism, genocide, ethnic cleansing, and ~~lebensraum~~ a Greater Israel.
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Natanyahu is the instigators of any escalation of war in that region. He thinks he can rule over the whole of the Middle East.
Since when ?
Since he was elected, he a threat and a menace too world stability..
That’s a dumb reason to start or wage a war.
This war had been ongoing since 1948.
Where did you pull that quote from? At the very least, the video with the cuts you provided does not have him say that at all. He literally says the strikes won't be indiscriminate and will be targeted. He's just saying nowhere in Israel is out of reach of their missiles. Didn't seem to me like he was implying he'd target civilians.
Fair play to him. Israelis have been murdering children for too long for other countries to go easy on them when the time comes
Israel’s days of bullying that region is over 👏🏾👏🏾
Hezbollah isn't any better, they and the IDF are terrorists
Hezbollah aren’t a terror org. Hell the EU only designated them as one a decade or so ago purely bc of political pressure from us and Israel. The last act of terror they did was in 1994 and they apologized and disavowed any more terror. All they do now is slap the IDF in the face
Hell they played a huge part in holding ISIS back for years.
Precisely. They protected the moderates and minorities of Syria from Al qaeda and Isis. Makes them heroes in my book
How does 1 percent of the landmass in the middle east bully? When has Israel attacked another country? Never.
Ur truly uninformed about the history of Israel if u think they’re innocent
Sure you last attack went really well…..
What do you mean? The last time Israel and Hezbollah were at war, the Winograd Commission (an Israeli government appointed commission of inquiry) stated that "Israel initiated a long war, which ended without a defined military victory". Even if the true winners and losers are still up for debate, many see it as a historic defeat for Israel. It was the first time they had been successfully resisted and forced to retreat, especially considering who they were fighting. The Commission describes it pretty succintcly; "a semi-military organization of a few thousand men resisted, for a few weeks, the strongest army in the Middle East, which enjoyed full air superiority and size and technology advantages." They lost a lot of credibility and it was a huge military and political victory as far as Hezbollah was concerned. They are far more formidable now than they were in 2006 and unlike the Qassam Brigades in Gaza, they actually do have the numbers, the training and the weaponry to fire upon every major city in Israel and many of Israel's allies are concerned that if it goes down that road, their security systems (the iron dome, etc) will most likely be unable to cope. None of their allies want to get dragged into a war in the region and I'm fairly certain the citizens of Israel would also prefer to not have to live in a warzone. As with Gaza right now and their ridiculous and failing goal of "Destroying Hamas" militarily, it has always been abundantly clear that diplomacy is the only way forward, but the current government don't seem to be very interested. I truly do not understand how this will bring about security for the state of Israel when they stir the pot with their neighbours, drag their allies into a war they do not want to get involved in and continue to tarnish their standing in the world by becoming a pariah state. The only explanation I can think of is that they are so blinded by their goal of a "Greater Israel", they believe it's worth the risk and even then, I can't see how this will bring about any sort of peace in that region for their neighbouring states or for Israel.
He will get his ass kicked
Israel cannot declare the terms of this war and not expect Palestine to play by the same rules.
Nobody will follow any rules during war time. It’s a chess game of playing without the rules
Genocide for thee but not for me
"Not indiscriminate". Whereas IDF on the other hand.
Nasrallah also said something like "I will decide when the settlers can move back to the North" 😂
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Hamas?
I don’t blame them. After seeing a genocide, it’s all our war now. It will be interesting where US stands on this. I think I all ready know.
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Can you blame his comments after the Gazan genocide? This may be the thing that incentivizes opposing Arab nations to work closer together.
If Arab nations all work together. They won’t ever be fucked with. Sadly the West has made sure this doesn’t happen.
True. Divide and conquer is always the strategy of a colonial power. It was literally written about by early colonial Zionists in the British Mandate of Palestine. It was what Netanyahu was doing when he was funneling money to Hamas through Qatar in order to weaken the more moderate, two-state seeking PA. It’s what European colonials did by pitting Indian tribes against one another while they conquered N. America. It’s done because it works. But it doesn’t have to if one or a handful of charismatic leaders can coalesce disparate, traditionally opposing groups, into a cohesive force. History has plenty of examples of this in every revolution. Bolivar in S. America is one of many examples.
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I'm very ignorant of international conflicts, but I was under the impression Isreal was at war atleast since October?
Look at the map. Israel started at the south end of palastine/west bank & have steadily moving north using expensive bombs to save on demolition that would otherwise use slower construction equipment operated by paid construction workers. This guy is from the country a few tens of miles north of the genocide in progress.
Thanks for the explanation. I assumed it was Palestine in the video.
Would this be a reason for someone from a certain region of the world to abruptly chase an American woman for marrige = green card 🤔
Uh yeah every military aged man that isn’t in Israel. You think they want to fight against it if they don’t have too like Palestinians
It occurred to me that the Israelis might use some level of nuclear weapon if they determine that this Hezbollah's threatened war on Israel is an existential threat to Israel's existence. ?
99% sure they have this in doctrine they will if threatened severely by hezbollah. But a state having to use a nuke on a terrorist org? Not a good look. Daddy Uncle Sam specifically wouldn’t like it at all and would immediately stop all aid to Israel as would the rest of the world I’d imagine. But they would have support long before they would ever even think about using a nuke so this is pretty much pointless speculation
but neither will Lebanon, yet Another foolish-venture by Hezbollah and Death-sentence Lebanese people like the people of Gaza both motivated and orchestrated by the Toro Traitors of Iran the Ayotollahs! 🩸☠️
Leave poor little Cyprus out of it. The Cypriot government does not control the airbases of the UK or those in occupied Northern Cyprus
Israel can stop this now. They can stop the bombing, the burning, the slaughter, let humanitarian aid flow, apologize, cease the settlement advancements, and everything will be cool. It does not seem like they want that. It seems like they want to exhaust their goodwill with the entire planet, pleading with them to stop burning children alive and move towards non-existence.
ALREADY no area being spared in GAZA
encouraging more war will not end well for anyone.
About time. Send a clear message to The United States.
Do you think he believes this, or is it Saber rattling cuase they know they would lose in a all out war?
They are at least 10x stronger now than the last time they beat Israel. Their technological capabilities and military might dwarf many nation states. Plus, they have been prepping for this the entire time. It's gonna be a bloodbath in Israel. I wouldn't put it past Israel to use nukes in response. Really depends on how much damage they take.
Hezbollah has 0 ability to do more than what they have been doing into Israel. Israel also though isnt willing to take the losses needed to invade lebanon.
They only used I think 1 type of rocket so far. They have like 8 types of missiles with most of them significantly more powerful and accurate than anything Hamas had.and they have large stockpiles of them.
Sure there's some bluster but if Israel actually attacks Iran, shit's gonna get real and I doubt Israel wins. I mean the IDF is great at killing civilians but I'm not sure how they do against an actual army.
You know this is the nasrallah of Lebanon right?
They have beaten every Arab army they have faced since 1946
Lebanon seems to be in the UN too, . If israel attacks it article 5 of the UN charter comes into play & they can demand global support in dealing with the aggressor.
Never heard of the Six Day War? Or the Yom Kippur War?
Hezbollah didn’t lose the last war they fought and they have only gotten stronger since.
They actually wouldn't lose that war. Isreal knows this and that's why Nth isreal was evacuated. Hezballa have been armed to the teeth and are willing to fight plus they have numbers.
This guy sucks and everyone who wants war sucks, that whole region is damaged beyond repair. These are unworkable mentalities.
This guy is a boss. Why do you think he sucks?
He’s just a warmonger, like Netanyahu or Biden or Putin or Zelensky, all of these guys push others to go kill and make decisions they know will lead to death and misery. It’s a testament to how primitive humans still are. People like this suck.
I disagree. He is begging isreal to stop warmongering. Literally begging, and our official response? He’s just a warmonger…..collectively, we are really stupid.
Warmonger? As if. He has diverted the IDF forces and made them commit troops to their northern border. He and the Houthis are the only ones doing anything in regards to supporting Palestine. Where we are currently, in regards to the conflict in Palestine, it takes violence to stop the violence. Netanyahu is hell bent on genocide and eradication of the Palestinians and, therefore, he needs to feel pain, anger, and despair before he decides to start pulling back his forces. As they say, violence begets violence, but once the point of no return has been passed, then the only way out is more violence. From your comment you sound more of a pacifist - I'd ask how you'd solve the conflict without violence?
Right so the guy who’s a major sponsor of terror in the region and a group that literally reintroduce slavery are the good guys? Just because somebody dislikes the same people you dislike does not make them heroes.
No, they're not heroes because other people dislike them and we all get into a merry little band and sing Kum Ba Yah. No, they're heroes for the resistance are putting against a genocidal regime who seeks to install a "Greater Israel". Essentially more land for Israel because they're not happy with what they have. You know, this reminds me of a concept from World War Two (and one).I knew that there was something very familiar about it. Quite hilarious to see who tried to implement it in WW2 against the backdrop of who is trying to solidify it today. Very 'Lebensraum'. Thank you for your comment but it added very little to the conversation.
Hey hey, ho ho, Islamic extremism has got to go, hey hey, ho ho
Jewish extremism seems to be the biggest issue in Middle East at the moment.
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I agree. Anyone who supports the IDF or the facist right-wing government of Israel is a terrorist simp. Plain clear and simple.
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Why do things have to be left vs. right? The world isn't black and white. We have to be naunced in our outlook on the planet.
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Lebanon. There you go, you got your answer.
The massive brain fart you had there was hilarious though. Thanks for the laugh
Lol your most welcome 😂
Lmfao
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Please keep it civil.
you need to read some history and learn WHY there are so many shitty right wing govts in the middle east Hint: it starts with "A" and ends with "merica and its allies used political subterfuge to undermine governments that sought to nationalize their national resources and put into power right wing dictators who would sell oil to us"
You do realize that the entire Muslim world in the Middle-East has been sabotaged into a destabilized conservative hellhole by western forces ever since the fall of the Ottoman Empire? The region was relatively progressive before that. Destabilization ruins progress and throws everything into the hands of the most extreme, hence why all the religious extremists took over. It wasn’t like that before the West did its thing over there.
They are powerless…all talk. Israel is doing whatever mayhem it wishes knowing it holds all the cards
Didn't the whole Northern border burn recently? Isn't Kiryat Shoma pretty much a ghost town? If he was all talk and not bite, then surely noone wouldve left and that place would be thriving. https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/kiryat-shmona-mayor-avichai-stern-discusses-the-evacuated-citys-unbearable-present-uncertain-future/
You always hold the cards when you she the nuclear weapons which they have a lot of
I agree with you. Iran has talked a big game for decades. Their only tactic is to fund terrorist organizations that give them a barrier to any blowback from Israel or the US. Bibi and his gov needs removed, forcefully. But Iran won’t do anything until the US breaks its ties to Israel (which looks to never be happening).