So let's discuss specific claims.
So let's discuss specific claims.
I am stating facts. Arabs in Israel are citizens. I agree that there's discrimination. There's also discrimination against blacks in the US. So? The US has no right to exist? If criminalizing Jewishness, seizing possessions, boycotts and executions means Jews left "voluntarily", well...
Yeah, Wikipedia. Unfortunately, it's quite biased. See below. Now for the facts: 99% of Jews left Arab counties, where they lived for *2500* years. You can't get these numbers voluntarily. If you really want to learn, check www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/the-... www.adl.org/resources/re...
These "respected" experts have repeatedly shown bias. How many times did Amnesty address the actual genocide in Sudan? Exactly. Amnesty, like Ireland, wants to *redefine* "genocide, because they can't blame Israel in one otherwise. That's a fact. www.fdd.org/analysis/202...
This is an appeal to authority. All of those are deeply biased. Case in point: Iran is firing missiles daily, directly targeting *civilians*. They have hit a hospital and killed dozens. No condemnations. Weird, isn't it?
The key word here is "sovereignty". It calls for applying Israeli law part of Israel (which I don't agree with). Israel has a large Arab population (20%) with equal rights. If you are looking for ethnic cleansing, check what happened to the Jewish communities in Arab countries after 1948.
I'll help you see the difference then. Do you know The Handmaid's Tale? That's Iran, but with Islam. As bad as Trump and Netanyahu are, they are just not on the same scale. news.berkeley.edu/2024/03/21/m... iranhr.net/en/
Please provide references to an actual such cleansing by Israel. Yes, the current Israeli government is a shitshow, and they certainly pandering to their (racist, fascistic) base, but can you point to verifiable actions that point to that?
The US should be ready for terrorist attacks on its soil by external actors, not that anyone will notice anyway with all the mass shooting events.
What do you mean ?
Why not put a call to ethnic cleansing on an ice cream
True. But Israel apparently had nuclear capabilities for decades and has never ever used them. Iran, in the other hand, is a theocracy which has repeatedly announced its aim to destroy Israel. Iran is the last country that should be allowed to have nukes.
Biden has bombed Yemen without Congressional approval just last year.
Yes, the deal worked, but Iran only pursuing a civilian nuclear program? Seriously? You don't need 90% enriched uranium for anything remotely civilized.
Biden, Obama and Clinton have all ordered military operations without Congress approval
If an LLM could replace you as software engineer, you shouldn't have been one in the first place
Iran has the same goal as Russia negotiating with the US: delay. They weren't negotiating in good fate. Whether this operation stops Iran's nuclear program is a different question (they already have enough enriched uranium for a few bombs).
They *still* don't you mean. If you can't tell the difference between Israel, the US (I'm not a fan of either's leadership) and Iran, you are beyond help.
Apparently not this time...
There was also an illegal attack on Yemen a couple of months back. Mo calls for impeachment. Be consistent
Trump had bombed Yemen just a couple of months back, and I don't remember calls for impeachment.
Some Western countries (and Japan) may be silently considering having bombs of their own about now, as the US can't be trusted
War crime? Taking out nuclear facilities is a war crime? Ok, you hate Trump, but still...
So you're ok with Iran having a nuke, then?
@edzitron.com has been screaming into the void (or a microphone) for awhile now. The latest OpenAI funding round was led by the Vision Fund, of WeWork. I'm sure they know what they're doing. (AI crash will mean trillions of dollars in MSFT, NVDA etc. wiped out. It's not about OpenAI)
Why? You’re missing out on the fireworks www.space.com/space-explor...
So religion, basically
10 in a row…
And apparently 10-15 missiles just now
They did manage to launch more missiles today and hit and hospital (although for some weird reason, this is all but ignored by the media)
This is a very nice *demo*. Unfortunately, from this to actually launching a satellite into orbit… I would check again around 2035. 5 years because it’s really hard + 5 more years because this is Honda (and I'm being generous. Check the timeline of their plane)
Yes, it was. Trump walking out of that deal is one of the (many) stupid things he did during his first term. But that was then. Unless you have a time machine, we need to deal with the mess in front of us. I can't think of worse leaders for Israel and the US to deal with this. But here we are.
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I don't know how far Iran is from a bomb, but they are accelerating toward it. Also, Iran is supplying Russia with technology and weapons, as well as Hezbollah and the Houthis. Most importantly, they are a theocracy that murders women for dancing.
Israel has eliminated (and continues to do so) the top brass of the IRGC. They have also hit the Internal Security HQ. These will weaken the regime’s hold on power, but so far these are symbolic. It’s up to the Iranians. A regime change is always unlikely until it is inevitable.
Yeah, it was a complete failure in Japan and Germany. And of course, France managed a regime change in Iran in 1979 by flying Khomeini to Tehran. The Iranians will have to do this for themselves. You can't force it, but you can help by weakening the IRGC.
If you can think of any way that any alternative regime would be worse, I'm all ears. Re: alternative. There’s a ready-made alternative that waits in the wings for 30 years. I certainly would prefer a Democratic Iran, won't you? youtu.be/Ml3hg-8-oDg
No, the parallels are not clear. There is no planned invasion of Iran, for starters. No one is suggesting boots on the ground. You seem to forget Israel invaded Lebanon because Iran’s proxy, Hezbollah, shelled it daily with Iranian-supplied missiles. Israel is not committing genocide in Gaza.
I fail to see how *Israel* attacking the Iranian regime and its ability to wage war has anything to do with a ground invasion of Iraq by the US.
Bombs can weaken the regime. Iranians will have to take it from there and earn their freedom. Netanyahu is a lying POS, and he and Trump’s leaving the JCPOA was a stupid move, but there is little doubt Iran has accelerated its pursuit of a bomb since.
The US?
Iran is actually a terrorist nation. There is no genocide in Gaza, and continually claiming otherwise won't make it true. You will have to explain to your grandchildren that you didn't help the *Iranians* when they needed your help getting rid of a murderous regime
Iran fired hundreds of missiles at Israel last year. Unprovoked (as Hezbollah is a different entity, so you can't use the elimination of its leader as a reason)
Unprovoked?! Dude, Iran’s proxies were hammering Israel since before Oct 7. Iran has fired missiles at Israel last year (after Nasrallah, leader of its main proxy, Hezbollah, was eliminated). You can say it’s not a proportional response, but unprovoked?
I wouldn't argue against Netanyahu being out of control, but I don't see how Israel eliminating Iran’s ballistic missile threat for good is an example of that. Iran is firing those missiles at civilians.
Iran must be free from the Atatollahs
Not every war is the Iraq war. No one is suggesting boots on the ground in Isan.
If Biden gave Ukraine the tools to win in 2023 we’d be in a whole different situation.
Depends on the campaign. Israel is very careful to hit only governmental targets (IRGC doesn't mix with gen pop). Check with actual Iranians. They are cheering the destruction of their oppressors.
It said that generals plan for the last war. Not every country is Iraq. Actually, it’s nothing like Iraq. But the most important thing is that Iranians are praying for help. But you have ideals.
There’s one crucial difference: Iran already has a strong opposition movement that can take over. At any rate, this is up to the Iranians to decide their faith. No foreign soldier (well, except apparently Mossad) needs to put boots on the ground.
That would be great for everyonee (except for the people working in Pharma marketing)
Let’s ask it this way: how an attack and toppling of the Ayatollahs a *bad* thing? Iranians are all for it.
You’re welcome. I don't care about his history. Is his analysis of *this* situation wrong?
I wouldn't put it past Netanyahu, but he wouldn't do it without *at least* a green light from Trump. It would be inconceivable for such an elaborate plan to be executed *without* a way to take out Fordo. Relying on Trump is not a plan.
It was a regime change by Turkey (which pushed for this outcome) and Israel (which didn't), not the US.
Can't think how you can get worse leadership in the US even if you tried. Then again, I can't see how you get a worse leadership for Iran: both for its own citizens and for the world. Gilead is a PG version of Iran.
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No, but it definitely works with the right conditions. These were lacking in Iraq but might exist in Iran. The unplanned regime change in Syria, so far seems to be an improvement, for example (time will tell)
It has worked in S. Korea, Japan, Germany, and a bunch of other places. Unlike Iraq and Lybia, Iran has an educated population and a model to go back to. The vast majority of Iranians don't support the Mullahs. Help them to help themselves.
Hezbollah and Houthis for sure. Hamas is more like a junior partner, while Adsad’s Syria was more of a client state. It’s complicated.
Now do Iran
Israel is defending itself from Iran and its many many proxies
How did you get to “IDF targets civilians” from this, exactly? I can give you *teo* examples of armies that *do* target civilians: Iran and Russia. Each of them is firing missiles and drones at civilians.
So it won't be difficult for you to list the criteria for fascism and explain how the IDF (a military) meets them?
Israel *did* notify they were going to attack it, so this was an attack on a governmental building (certainly not a news organization). Whether it was legal or not, I'm sure many Iranians cheered.
Ok, war is bad. But, if Iran gets rid of 4 decades of a theocracy, is that bad?
https://www.richardhanania.com/p/the-right-way-to-do-regime-change
Exactly. So either the top military brass in Israel is crazy or they have a plan that does *not* rely on the US. The level of planning and execution suggests they know what they’re doing.
It would have been an absolutely crazy thing to do for Netanyahu to start a full-scale attack on Iran *without* some iron-clad commitment from Trump. Which doesn't mean there is such a commitment. Netanyahu and his government aren't exactly top-notch
Have they cut ties with Ruzzia?
I don't think a ban is the best policy either. It’s about education, more than anything else. Remember that brave women in the Muslim world defy imposed dress codes and sometimes pay with their lives. www.bbc.com/news/world-m...
No… the problem is that religious men have a weird fetish. From nuns to burqas. That’s all because of Paul.
Who is? Ultra-orthodox women? I'm pretty sure they are, even if they don't need to sit in the back of the bus, at least outside ultra-Orthodox communities in Jerusalem
Are Jewish and Sikh men a valuable group in their culture? I think not. On the other hand, if the Ultra-Orthodox community started demanding its women wear burqa-like garments and sit in the back of the bus, then yes, I would oppose it.
Because these garments do not disempower a vulnerable population. If they were, I’d be against that.
I think that actually there *are*. Of course, Judaism today is not really based on the Bible. If wearing a yarmulka was disempowering, same as wearing a burqa, I would have imposed it. There’s a reason one of the most visual and shocking aspects of Hamdsmaid’s Tale is the burqa-line garb
I'm having a serious conversation about cultures and whether or not we should accept anything one culture sees as “normal”. My take is that, no, we shouldn't, and that a woman wearing a burqa out of her free will is most likely forced to do that by the community.
A burqa is not a religious garb. There is no commandant that says you need to wear one. Besides, I do not have to accept something because of “religion”. Child sacrifice to a god was pretty common in the past, but I think the Romans called that one correctly.
Have you tried to go nude into a shopping mall?
As long as it’s *your* decision, sure. Wear whatever you like. Go naked for all I care. But you won't go naked, would you? Besides the European climate, you *are* aware of what society expects of you if you want to stay part of that society
Re: kosher. There *were* attempts to ban kosher slaughter as cruel to animals in Europe. I happen to agree (and would prefer no animals need to die as food) Burqas are a way to control women, and that’s not OK.
Yes, I can see how burqas are something that women (and girls!) choose of their free will to wear. The burqas are not the problem: the culture that imposes them on women is.
No, of course not, but it does show that banning a burqa is not incompatible with being a Muslim. Wearing a burqa, on the other hand, is something that Western society should discourage. You can't both empower women *and* accept burqas as notmal
And nothing stands between the Islamists and the Jews
The burqa is banned in Algeria, Tunisia and several other Muslim countries.
There is always email support
With *lots* of (green) electricity, you could make oil out of air and water (DAC+electrolysis+FT). It can even make some sense for aviation
1. There is no genocide in Gaza. I pointed out current atrocities that don't seem to get your blood boiling. This shows double standards. 2. I have no idea what an "ethnostate" is. 3. I thought your tax dollars are spent in Ukraine. Now it's Gaza?
If you really cared about *actual* genocides: - a million Uyghurs in reeducation camps - ethnically cleaning in Darfur. Hundreds of thousands dead. - 750,000 Rohingya driven out - 600,000 Tigrayans murdered. But you don't. Have you protested Russia's horrors in Ukraine? They are still ongoing
Let's say this is true. What is your point? Would this mark Israel as uniquely evil? No, not really. Where are the protests against S. Arabia's treatment of non-Muslim and women? What about Malaysia's Ketuanan Melayu policies (treating non Malay as second class)?
Sure, and? I don't agree with these kind of laws, but countries have all sort of immigration policies. Have you checked those in S. Arabia or Iran?
There are 2 million Israeli Arabs. They have full rights. There are near to 0 Jews in Iraq. Jews lived in Iraq continuously since about 500BCE until 1948.
You can definitely gain citizenship in Israel as well. It's challenging, but far from impossible.
Such as...?
Tried in Japan? Egypt? Saudi Arabia? Good luck
I have no idea where you get your information from, but that's flatly not true.
In if you look by number of countries, than most of them are ethnostates. Any Arab country is *much* more than an ethno-state than Israel is. All European countries are. As are Japan, Korea (either), and most of Asia. But of course, it's Israel that's the problem. I wonder why is that
So 95% of the world?
Of course, she endorses the antisemite