• Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      Could you please explain to me how that article contradicts anything I or the picture said? I agree that posting the article is the better way, but did it add any new spin on Trump’s intentions, or just details like reactions from other countries and names of people quoted?

      I can 100% roll with my being average intelligence or below, but I can’t understand how posting the article changes things.

      Perhaps you could explain it a bit more?

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    GOP: How dare you defend an innocent country!

    Also, GOP: We must occupy this country.

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    But I was told a thousand times that Trump would be better for Gaza than Kamala, could those have been superficial lies? /s

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      Obviously not, which is why it’s completely insane that the Democratic Party refused to represent the majority of their constituents who wanted a permanent ceasefire and weapons embargo for an entire 15 months.

      Instead opting to arrest thousands of student protestors, gift Israel billions of tax payer dollars for genocide, deny any voice or representation of the victims of the genocide, all in opposition to public sentiment and domestic/international law. One of the major reasons, along with immigration and the economy, that tanked the Democratic Party’s campaign.

      They threw the election and lost to an unpopular fascist. If they were trying to win they would have been offering popular concessions to earn as many votes as possible.

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        Then where have you been. It’s likely the biggest reason she lost. A whole bunch of people decided not to vote because they blamed Biden for Gaza. When told that Trump would be worse the response was always that it can’t get any worse. I submit that US occupation of Gaza is worse…

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          That is completely different than saying Trump is better.

          People tried holding Kamala accountable because Trump would never listen. Hence putting pressure on Kamala was the only option they had when both candidates didn’t care. Blame her for taking billions in Zionist bribes if you want to be angry at someone.

          And I submit the genocide of Palestinians is the same, the land doesn’t fucking matter if the people are dead which was the outcome in either situation. Who cares if it’s Trump or Netanyahu moving into it? It’s US weapons and money that cleared it.

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    it worked out oh so well in Afghanistan, lets do that again! but this time, for oi…errr Murican interests!

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      There was never any intention to “clear out” Afghanistan.

      It’s FAR easier to just remove every single person than to try to eliminate a specific tiny minority of a population who blends in with the locals.

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      They don’t say “this is worse”, most of them I engage with say it’s the same as Biden/Harris had planned, the rest try to twist reality to say it’s somehow better.

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        They don’t say “this is worse”, most of them I engage with say it’s the same as Biden/Harris had planned, the rest try to twist reality to say it’s somehow better.

        That has been my experience, too.

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    Trump is bluffing, of course (then again, who know’s since he’s deranged and flies off on tangents and could very easily at any time order the 5th fleet to set anchor off the Eastern Med, you know, for giggles). Trump is trying to pressure Arab countries to prepare themselves since Israel is going to root out Hamas and end them in Gaza, house to house.

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      You got the first half right, but the second wrong.

      Netanyahu’s government doesn’t give a shit about Hamas. They never have. Hamas is just a convenient excuse for them to pursue their real goal, which is and has been all along to kill, drive out or subjugate every single Palestinian, because they believe that Palestine has no right to exist at all and that everything from the river to the sea should be theirs, no matter how many lives they have to destroy along the way.