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davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in US Vetoes UN Resolution for Ceasefire in Gaza

The reason for the bombs being dropped is very clear and you’re free to read countless books, articles, papers on it.

I’ve read the same arguments & documents as every other red-blooded American, but unlike most I’ve also read the counterarguments.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in US Vetoes UN Resolution for Ceasefire in Gaza

Two reasons, I think:

• So Japan would unconditionally surrender to the US instead of (conditionally or unconditionally) surrendering to the USSR.
• As a warning to the USSR to not spread communism further. The Cold War started even before WWII ended.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in US Vetoes UN Resolution for Ceasefire in Gaza

I’m super-fun at parties 😐

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in US Vetoes UN Resolution for Ceasefire in Gaza

You & I are the only people who seem to know this. Everyone else is busy arguing whether we can “afford” to give Ukraine “free stuff”, when in reality none of it is free, and whatever few Ukrainians are left alive after this war will be paying onerous debt for generations. They’re already auctioning off many public assets to mostly foreign buyers at fire sale prices, up to and including seaports.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in US Vetoes UN Resolution for Ceasefire in Gaza

Hollywood war reenactments are a psyop.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in US Vetoes UN Resolution for Ceasefire in Gaza

We also nuked two cities, for reasons much less honorable or necessary than the one we are told.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in US Vetoes UN Resolution for Ceasefire in Gaza

We were that one time, and we’ve been milking it ever since.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in US Vetoes UN Resolution for Ceasefire in Gaza

I think mostly because the Allied Powers won WWII and got to make the rules. Often the argument is made that, by giving the nuclear-capable countries veto power, they’re less likely to use those weapons, but that might be more of a rationalization than the actual reason.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in US Vetoes UN Resolution for Ceasefire in Gaza

Imperial America is a death cult.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in Protesters shot by Israeli snipers in West Bank

Israel & the US will never be on the list of State Sponsors of Terrorism no matter what heinous shit they do. Torture programs, ethnic cleansing, whatever.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in ‘Mutiny Brewing’ Inside State Department Over Israel-Palestine Policy

There’s a very good primer on this topic, written almost 80 years ago by the precursor to the CIA: Simple Sabotage Field Manual by Office of Strategic Services

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in ‘Mutiny Brewing’ Inside State Department Over Israel-Palestine Policy

Yes, it’s called tendering your resignation.

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in ‘Mutiny Brewing’ Inside State Department Over Israel-Palestine Policy

Ryan Cooper, 2018: The fake resistance inside the Trump administration

What a crock.

If there were real organized resistance to Trump within the administration or the Republican Party more broadly, these people would be doing dramatically more than they are. If they really believe Trump is a danger to the nation and world — and he is — it should hardly be a mystery what to do about it.

tl;dr:

1. Get rid of Trump — before the 2020 election
2. Quit and join the opposition
3. Undermine him from the inside

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in ‘Mutiny Brewing’ Inside State Department Over Israel-Palestine Policy

Did The Resistance during the Trump administration ever actually do anything or was it just hot air?

davel , 9 months ago to worldnews in EU demands Meta and TikTok detail efforts to curb disinformation from Israel-Hamas war

Disinformation, formerly known as information.