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Supporting terrorist states is a bad look. You should stop.Israelis crying because the homes they were living in got bombed into rubble... hmm...
... is there a word or phrase to describe this?
He can't. It is unreasonable to ask him to do so.Supporting terrorist states is a bad look. You should stop.
There is no such thing as a “terrorist state”.Supporting terrorist states is a bad look. You should stop.
Oh, good. We're off the hook.There is no such thing as a “terrorist state”.
Not even America functions as a “terrorist state”.Oh, good. We're off the hook.
That's a relief.
It's common knowledge, "If you live by the sword, you die by they sword." Israelis should have taken steps to stop their government from using the sword as the only solution to every problem.Supporting terrorist states is a bad look. You should stop.
That's the lesson the country with two swords on their flag is learning.It's common knowledge, "If you live by the sword, you die by they sword."
You clearly have not been to Israel. The majority of Israelis are NOT religious. They do not define their "Jewishness" by how much they pray or follow the rituals of beliefs of Judaism but on their ability to survive from extinction as a collective united by existential threat.You can not disprove my point. Both are highly religious countries.
make no mistake.
It's common knowledge, "If you live by the sword, you die by they sword." Israelis should have taken steps to stop their government from using the sword as the only solution to every problem.
I’m not sure I buy the idea that we’re hardwired to disrespect weakness. Empathy and cooperation are as natural in life as power asymmetries.
History is full of examples where powerful actors chose diplomacy over domination - not out of weakness, but because mutual respect was a better long-term strategy.
The fact is while in theory all countries should be treated equally and have the same powers and rights, in the real world that does not work and yes there are double standards of course.Yeah. Thank goodness it was us and not just Russia and China or something.
No, China kept the US from overthrowing their country.
You might want to get your photo of damage from Israeli news sources. You know why.Scenes of heavy damage from Tel Aviv
None of those countries border Israel.
Just ignore all the false prophecies, right?
I wish it was not so but I think world leaders are driven by security considerations that pose weakness as something the other side will exploit and is indeed considered weakness. Classic example, Neville Chamberlain, Haile Selassie.I’m not sure I buy the idea that we’re hardwired to disrespect weakness. Empathy and cooperation are as natural in life as power asymmetries.
History is full of examples where powerful actors chose diplomacy over domination - not out of weakness, but because mutual respect was a better long-term strategy.
Israeli mass murder campaigns
haven’t wiped out the Palestinians and never will, no matter how desperately they and their Western apologists try.
"The mob" is the epitome of terrorist state.Not even America functions as a “terrorist state”.
A glorified knock off of the Sicilian Mob, endlessly blathering about how all the torture and mass murder it’s forces carry out is for “freedom” and “honor” while fueling said forces through blind corruption and protection rackets, is far more accurate.
And the Islamic one has the purpose of hunting down and murdering all the Jewish people, and the Jewish one is to not be genocided again.
I'm just here to see who actually cheers for Iran.Scenes of heavy damage from Tel Aviv
again, my point was BOTH governments are lead by religious fundies. BOTH!
I'm just here to see who actually cheers for Iran.
We're talking about those the run the government. It's a non secular government.You clearly have not been to Israel. The majority of Israelis are NOT religious. They do not define their "Jewishness" by how much they pray or follow the rituals of beliefs of Judaism but on their ability to survive from extinction as a collective united by existential threat.
In Iran many of the people are Westernized and want to be Westernized or have friends or relatives leave Iran to be able to embrace Western values. Their country is run by a very fundamentalist Shiite clerical council and religious police force as well as military who must be subordinate to the clergy council.
It is very difficult to know who in their military let alone with their civilians who is NOT religious or extreme religious but feels unable to express themselves and whether they will want a civil war if they think the opportunity arises.
All I will say is speak to Iranians in the West. Iranians in the West are not fundamentalist extremist or hate Israel in fact many support Israel.'s right to exist.
I think simplistic stereotyping of Israel or Iran is pointless. They are both Westernized. Persian culture was not always anti semitic. Persian culture like Jewish culture is deeply inter-connected and linked to Zoroastrianism and the ancestors of the Hindus. May Jews consider themselves Persian as well.
Being Persian is much more than a certain kind of Shiite religious fundamentalism. Its far more complex then that and deals with art, food, clothing, family customs. humour, science.
****YAWN****If the Muslim Supremacists stops fighting Israel there will be peace.
If Israel stops fighting the Muslim Supremacists, there will be genocide.
That democrats support genocide of the Jews in Israel doesn't change this fact.
And Israel doesn't even have a CONSTITUTION - and it never has - which is absolutely ridiculous for a country that claims to be a "Western democracy"
That in itself is disqualifying.
Those who say "but Israel is like us" need to think again.
Are you even aware that Israel doesn't have a constitution?? Do you understand the importance of having a constitution for a country?
Maybe @ASHES or @reinaert or @Allan will tell me that none of that matters, and that anybody who says otherwise is a pedo.
If that doesn't even matter to you, then you're saying something about yourselves.
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