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Politics / Re: Israel Under Attack
« Last post by WLJ on Today at 08:32:13 PM »
The war in Gaza is a war against HAMAS andimpoverished nativesto exterminate themand steal their land,
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Politics / Re: Israel Under Attack
« Last post by dogmush on Today at 08:30:24 PM »For some values of "Natives"
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Politics / Re: Israel Under Attack
« Last post by De Selby on Today at 08:11:35 PM »Let's not forget Dresden and Hiroshima (I would include London, but I figure we're talking about the "good guys" doing the killing here), where there definitely WERE innocent civilians. I mean, unless you count people trying to live their lives while a war is going on as not innocent. The Allies decided that those two examples were a necessary evil to end the wars on those fronts before millions more died.
There’s a major difference that you should be factoring in when comparing these situations.
WWII was a war against the German and Japanese war machines, which had conquered huge swaths of territory and were engaging in genocide against local populations either to steal their land or wealth. The bombings were part of a fight against advanced technology and huge material resources deployed by those genocidal regimes.
The war in Gaza is a war against impoverished natives to exterminate them and steal their land, not a war between great powers. This analogy would only make sense if a power comparable to Israel started carpet bombing that country - they likely would make the argument that Israeli civilians are legitimate targets in the same way the Germans and Japanese were.
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Politics / Re: Israel Under Attack
« Last post by De Selby on Today at 08:06:07 PM »Reckon he’d be in a position to assess whether this is ethnic cleansing by Israel?
https://www.newsmax.com/amp/newsfront/harrison-mann-defense-intelligence-agency-resign/2024/05/13/id/1164542/
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According to his LinkedIn profile, Mann had been an executive officer and analyst with the DIA's Middle East/Africa Regional Center since August 2021 and has been with the Army since May 2011.
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"However, at some point it becomes difficult to defend the outcomes of this particular policy. At some point — whatever the justification — you're either advancing a policy that enables the mass starvation of children or you're not."
"I know that I did, in my small way, wittingly advance that policy…And I want to clarify that as the descendant of European Jews, I was raised in a particularly unforgiving moral environment when it came to the topic of bearing responsibility for ethnic cleansing."
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The Roundtable / Re: Wild Alaska
« Last post by AZRedhawk44 on Today at 04:03:14 PM »Still have a Redhawk .44 that he tuned up for me and cut for moon clips. Seriously nice piece of kit.
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Politics / Re: Israel Under Attack
« Last post by MechAg94 on Today at 03:53:02 PM »The graduation I just went to, the students got a tube with a sheet in it to order a copy of their diploma. I heard they lined up that order before the graduation began.
Anyway, I bet that was just a copy torn up.
Anyway, I bet that was just a copy torn up.
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Politics / Re: Israel Under Attack
« Last post by WLJ on Today at 03:12:57 PM »More commencement fun
Columbia University student in handcuffs rips up diploma on commencement stage in act of protest
https://www.foxnews.com/media/columbia-university-student-handcuffs-rips-diploma-commencement-stage-protest
Columbia University student in handcuffs rips up diploma on commencement stage in act of protest
https://www.foxnews.com/media/columbia-university-student-handcuffs-rips-diploma-commencement-stage-protest
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Politics / Re: GLOBAL WARMING ==> CLIMATE CHANGE ==> GLOOM & DOOM !!!!!
« Last post by Jim147 on Today at 02:58:30 PM »There is a single very large coal power plant in China that puts out as much pollution as the rest of the
first world countries combined. I never hear them say we need to nuke it. I don't think they are taking this as serious as they should.
first world countries combined. I never hear them say we need to nuke it. I don't think they are taking this as serious as they should.
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The Roundtable / Re: Dune
« Last post by Ben on Today at 02:36:41 PM »I saw that Part II was available for rent on Amazon Prime, but they wanted like $25 to rent it. Still to rich for me. It's "coming soon" on Max, which is already paid for, so I will probably wait for that.
Yeah, I saw that last month - $25 to rent or $30 to buy streaming. The UHD disc was $30, but between my rural internet connection and my paranoia about stealth editing by big tech, I'm kinda soured on buying streaming and have been getting back into DVDs.