Sure. I’d say instead that Israel’s past and present existence as a liberal colonialist project is wretched. Britain’s responsibility boils down to carving up the Ottoman Empire for their own profit then setting up puppet kingdoms when they left that were ruled by wretched autocrats.
what are you talking about? The world doesn't care about us anymore. It's too busy.
Oh, how optimistic a view to hold of modernity’s tolerance or lack thereof regarding ethnic cleansing.
I was actually going to refer to apologetics for ethnic cleansing in other regions of the world but if you wanna get offended go right ahead. That bit wasn’t about Israel.
Apologetics refers to the practice of "reasoned" argument in justification of an idea. You most often hear it used in the context of religion for all the arguments for why you should convert or accept this particular cosmology.
Sure, you can do it, but sugar daddy Western nations might get a bit squeamish about it, which is bad news when you're relying on them flooding you with aid money.
The rest of the Neo-colonialist projects in the Middle East get away with it. I gotta imagine it boils down to some power that be getting a sick joy out of having Jews run an Apartheid. Either that or some rich South African guys wanted their Mediterranean vacation homes to feel more natural.
I don't think Trump would survive in jail. I think he knows that too, but at the same time he doesn't think it could ever happen to him. That is why he thinks he is above the law. He is more worried about them taking his money. He thinks he could likely maneuver his way out of jail, but that would mean them taking his money.
Yeah, Apartheid South Africa did that, though technically the LSD was scrapped as a plan pretty quickly and was instead sold to fund the development of the actual plan which they never actually made because it was South Africa and everyone in charge was an inbred weirdo.
No, none of those were good moves. I say trump fan since you are bending over backwards to say the things hes doing are good. I mean I suppose you could be one of those lefties who isn't happy unless everything burns down. You know, the kind who pretends to care about progressive ideals then claims the best way to get them is by trump winning again.
We will see what happens there, as annoying as it is there will probably have to be some deal with them. But, considering how a lot of trumps negotiations have gone so far, I doubt anything good will come of it. But I suppose it is possible, and if it does stabilize Afganistan and manages to get the taliban to calm the fuck down a bit. Then that would be a good thing.
Don't see him being wrong about being effectively above the law and not facing gaol time, though.
Thanks to his niece Mary, we have a good insight into why.
I have little in the way of sympathy for Fred Trump the elder, but the way she described Donald exploiting him during his Alzheimer's years in retaliation is stomach turning.
Calling Iran's bluff, humiliating it and de-fanging it in one blow is impressive. Crippling it economically allowed Trump to curtail the terrorist funding by Iran.
Considering Iran came out of it able to successfully argue they were abiding by the terms of the agreements, no. All Trump did was render the US's credibility worthless as he has with every other broken treaty. What good is one-upping Iran in this round if they have more credibility at the negotiating table with everyone else from here on out? Trump prioritizes short-term, petty victories because those are the only kind he has the attention span for.
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