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  1. Russia literally says that Ukraine was committing crimes against humanity in Novorossiya vis a vis ethnic Russians and that’s why they invaded.
  2. The guy came back and literally said “what makes you think there’d be violence once Palestinians were given all of the territory governed by Israel.” How are we supposed to read that?
  3. “Ukraine should also surrender because not all Russians agree with Putin and if they just stop fighting there will be peace in Donetsk.” Fuck off with this shit.
  4. EABOD. The point is that no matter who we want to be in charge in Gaza, Hamas actually is and in no other circumstances do we say “you can’t fight a war against the entity trying to destroy you because not everyone they govern agrees with them. If you just surrender there will be peace.” Also, just yesterday you said that Israel is responsible for the safety of Jews worldwide (and thus to blame for all the violence and hatred directed against them) that Israel should listen to the non-Israeli Good Jews you agree with. So fuck off with your conflation high horse.
  5. NoT aLl GeRmAnS PS: Hamas received a greater percentage of votes than the NDSAP ever did (44 vs 33). I’m on board with approaching the problem set similarly to the ways the Allies looked at Germany.
  6. What the fuck am I conflating? Did or did not the current governing authority for Palestinians in Gaza plan, organize, and execute the above massacre against Jews (sorry, it’s against Israelis when they are being murdered).
  7. WhAt MaKeS yOu tHiNk ThEy’D WaNt To KiLl JeWs? Imagine how far you have to crawl up your own asshole to ask that fucking question after October 7. Those first two photos are of a pre-school, BTW. Quoting polling numbers and shit, GTFO. “Only ten perfect of Germans ever joined the NSDAP, what makes you think they can’t live peacefully with Jews in Poland?” Fuck your disingenuous bullshit.
  8. He means that all of Israel should become Palestine and Jews would either live under Palestinian rule or leave, he’s just using a lot more words to say it.
  9. Drugged up war boys going on a spree:
  10. The key thing is to remember that disseminating targeted ME-related propaganda is the mission of Al-Jazeera and the solid news they produce everywhere else is just the shaping operation. Zeihan is a smart person and smart people have a hard time realizing they’re marks.
  11. Credible and excellent news to build trust and viewership and then bullshit when it comes to topics that are core interests for the state that finances it. I am trying to put my finger on how I might describe an outlet with that description. Strong “other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play” vibes.
  12. Today in Pyongyang Lavrov recommended North Korea as a tourist destination for Russians. For once, I agree. https://tass.com/politics/1693373
  13. You can do it all the time and it is happening quite successfully in other places. You do have to be a fundamentally different type of regime than Israel is to actually pull it off.
  14. From a purely rational and self-interest perspective, the fact that Hamas is not an existential threat to Israel is all the more reason to destroy them completely and rapidly. You would have to treat an actual existential threat much more seriously and carefully because of the damage they are capable of inflicting on you. The balance of power has protected Hamas. Israel felt secure and safe, underestimated Hamas’ will and capabilities, and allowed that to cloud their vigilance. It is actually a fairly big humanitarian win that Israel allowed them to exist and govern this long given the asymmetry, very few other nations in a similar situation would tolerate their existence and just invest in Iron Dome. Hamas is in the in-between of not being strong enough to pose an existential threat but strong enough to kill 1000 plus people on a single day in the most spectacularly violent means imaginable.
  15. I am pointing out the “inherent tension” in the constant drumbeat that criticism and anger toward Israel is Different than antisemitism and anger to Jews. Which, fair enough, often it is. But then you’re also pointing out that angry terrorists worldwide will hold Jews worldwide responsible for Israeli actions— and that Israel has a duty to protect those Jews by making different decisions— and things start to get little muddled. Basically, it’s bad and inexcusable when Israel’s supporters conflate Jews and Israel. But natural and expected when terrorists conflate them.
  16. Shot Chaser ”Jews worldwide will suffer and die if the government of Israel doesn’t do the right thing.” “Why are you conflating Israelis and a Jews?” Back to fucking back, that’s some solid dissonance.”
  17. It is fair to criticize the Israelis for being obstructionist dicks in implementing a two-state solution, that’s true. And it’s also true that there’s a tension as long as one side wants two states and one side will only settle for one. But the piece missing in all this is the existence of highly motivated outside actors who benefit mightily from an ongoing conflict where they can moderate the gas. More than “benefit,” there are capable and wealthy actors whose internal and external legitimacy depends on defending the oppressed Palestinians and who would have real problems if the Palestinians are no longer being oppressed. Iran being the obvious answer but no one should be shocked that the most strident “one staters” live in Qatar and that the “one state” terrorist party pays its bills with Gulf money. This reveals both the limits of Israeli political maneuvering and U.S. power, the continued existence of an Israel-Palestine conflict is a core interest for these states. Again, this is from the Russian playbook. There will never be a unified Palestinian authority to negotiate a two state solution with until Iran, Qatar, and others tell the people on their payroll “you are never getting one state and you’re falling off the payroll if you don’t get in line with this new direction.” Which is basically, “never.”
  18. The implication being that the rocket did exactly what it was designed and launched to do (kill civilians), just not the ones they wanted. And that blatant and repeated— hundreds of times a day— attempts to do war crimes gets a shrug until the war crime is against themselves. Because decolonizing or some shit.
  19. Hard to tell depending who took over, but hopefully there’d be fewer Palestinians killed at hospitals by Palestinian rockets. One thing that’s wild about this hospital thing is that the rocket was designed and launched with the express purpose of killing civilians but people got really upset only after it killed the WRONG civilians.
  20. Jordan has many fewer rockets shot at it per annum.
  21. We send a shit-ton of money to Jordan. Until 2022 when Ukraine passed everyone, Jordan was 2nd or 3rd on the list. And they’re getting more. https://www.newarab.com/news/us-signs-historic-10-billion-aid-package-jordan?amp https://sgp.fas.org/crs/mideast/RL33546.pdf
  22. Biden telling Hamas that they “gotta learn how to shoot straight” is totally fucking awesome and makes me want to have more old-ass presidents. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2023/10/18/press-gaggle-by-president-biden-and-nsc-coordinator-for-strategic-communications-john-kirby-ramstein-air-base-germany/
  23. Do you think the West would be more or less likely to lean on Israel to let up just a bit if Hamas chilled out with the rockets for say, two years? Conversely, do you think that Israel has more or less of a free hand after what happened on October 7?
  24. I think that history is full of violence working, unfortunately. Overwhelming violence has really been the most common solution to these intractable problems. It’s a rare counterparty that’s And's willing to give concessions from a position of strength, and you need to jump on that even if you don’t get everything you want.
  25. That’s kind of my point, the Palestinians have a much more malleable and influenceable counter-party to work with. If a Tibetan independence movement killed 1000+ Han Chinese tomorrow, Xi would not be accepting a visit from Biden on how he needs to open a humanitarian corridor. In the real world, the weaker party is the one that needs to climb down and unlike the Tibetans or Uighurs— the Palestinians could actually make some real forward progress if they did.
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