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slurpinderpin , 1 day ago to World News in Sudan's raging civil war could see 2 million starve to death. Aid agency says "the world is not watching"

No college protests huh?

slurpinderpin , 1 day ago to politics in Trump’s War on Clean Energy Would Benefit China, Economists Say: President Biden’s landmark climate law could be repealed in Trump administration. Would jeopardize $488 billion in American investments

bOtH sIdEs

slurpinderpin , 1 day ago to politics in Conservative US lawmakers are pushing for an end to no-fault divorce

Own a musket for home defense, since that's what the founding fathers intended. Four ruffians break into my house. "What the devil?" As I grab my powdered wig and Kentucky rifle. Blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot. Draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog. I have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with grape shot, "Tally ho lads" the grape shot shreds two men in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. He Bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. Just as the founding fathers intended.

slurpinderpin , 2 days ago to politics in Conservative US lawmakers are pushing for an end to no-fault divorce

Let me own a tank damnit!

slurpinderpin OP , 2 days ago to World News in Intense phase of Israel's war with Hamas about to end, Netanyahu says

Here, you probably haven't gotten to the class in college yet where you learn what words mean, but this is the definition of "genocide":

the deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group.

Now please answer my question, if it was a genocide, and they were trying to destroy all Palestinians, why would there be 2m Palestinians living in Israel? Wouldn't they have killed them first? Or expelled them? Could it be that the Palestinians being killed now are collateral damage in a war?

slurpinderpin OP , 2 days ago to World News in Intense phase of Israel's war with Hamas about to end, Netanyahu says

Who was there before the Palestinians? Jews right?

slurpinderpin OP , 2 days ago to World News in Intense phase of Israel's war with Hamas about to end, Netanyahu says

Yes, if Israel wanted to kill all Palestinians, why would there be nearly 2m in Israel?

slurpinderpin OP , 2 days ago to World News in Intense phase of Israel's war with Hamas about to end, Netanyahu says

Why would they allow almost 2 million Palestinians to live in their country if they wanted them all dead? You’re in denial that civilians are killed during wars

slurpinderpin OP , 2 days ago to World News in Intense phase of Israel's war with Hamas about to end, Netanyahu says

I'm not ignoring the suffering of Palestinians - the only way anything can progress however is the complete surrender of Hamas. Israel will just continue the killing until then. Why do you think they'll suddenly stop without a complete surrender?

How many Palestinians live in Israel?

"Approximately 1.8 million Palestinians form around 20.8 per cent of Israel’s population." Source: https://minorityrights.org/communities/palestinians/

Is that what Genocide looks like? I think it's fair to say that their military tactics in Gaza are extreme, we can agree there. But I would also say that dropping bombs on Gaza is a direct result of Hamas' actions and existence. Hamas cares as little about Palestinians as Israel (actually less I would argue). They have no interest in diplomacy or a two state solution, they're only interested in the complete destruction of Israel

slurpinderpin OP , 2 days ago to World News in Intense phase of Israel's war with Hamas about to end, Netanyahu says

Has that had any effect? Has international pressure ever had any effect on Israel?

Again, you might HOPE and WISH that the US will put immense pressure on Israel, but like I stated before, we won't. There are reasons why our leadership will continue to back them.

So while maybe we can all agree that it would be the best possible scenario, hoping and wishing is far from reality in this situation. Given the facts of reality, the only way this war ends is by Hamas surrendering and returning the hostages

slurpinderpin OP , 2 days ago to World News in Intense phase of Israel's war with Hamas about to end, Netanyahu says

That's the only way this war ends. I'm just being realistic, not emotional

slurpinderpin , 2 days ago to politics in Trump expressed concern that returning classified docs after subpoena could result in criminal charges, according to sealed notes - ABC News

We have a convicted felon as a nominee of a major party, who is a severe threat to national security. What the fuck are Republicans smoking?

slurpinderpin OP , 2 days ago to World News in Intense phase of Israel's war with Hamas about to end, Netanyahu says

I’m vehemently anti-Hamas. Very pro-Palestine. Hamas is a cancer to Palestine.

Israel is America’s closest ally in the region, and an important factor in maintaining our global influence. I don’t agree with their tactics, but I understand why our leadership will never turn their backs on them

There’s this thing called nuance, and you need to understand that the world is far more complicated than just “stop fighting”

slurpinderpin , 2 days ago to World News in Thousands of Iran-backed fighters offer to join Hezbollah in its fight against Israel

“Joe Biden is causing WW3 OMG!!!” is definitely a right wing talking point. “No wars started under Trump, 2 wars started under Biden!!!” See?

slurpinderpin OP , 2 days ago to World News in Intense phase of Israel's war with Hamas about to end, Netanyahu says

War and genocide can both be happening, it doesn’t have to be one or the other. As history has proved many times.