Current Affairs Israel is an apartheid state

[Martin Alvito]

There is no rift with his parents, and his whole existence in Miami is a giant f-you to his father's political opponents.

Nothing says that a leader doesn't fear the consequences of his actions than protecting his son whilst putting hundreds of thousands of other people's sons at risk.

Almost all do that last anyway. Even Lincoln stuck his own son on Grant's staff. Eisenhower's son John was kept away from combat during WWII out of concerns he might be targeted for capture. The US Park Service (which gives the 'short form' histories of the various presidents) reports Ike told John during the Korean War that under no circumstances could he permit himself to be captured while serving in combat. The only other president in modern times who let his own kids go in harm's way while commander-in-chief was FDR.

Presidents' children serving in combat was much more common prior to the Civil War, when combat service was a primary pathway to a political career. If a politician's kid wanted their name in the paper for the right reasons, that was one way. The media loved to drag a prominent politician's kid through the muck then as now if given the opportunity, of course. Supposedly Grant himself was arrested while president for carriage speeding in D.C., and paid what amounted to the fine.

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

Two years is not enough for Putin and his dictator leaders. They're all complicit in handing Russia time to get the ethnic cleansing done..[after which] THEN they'll cynically call for a ceasefire.

That's how disgusting they are.

Honest to God, anyone voting for that lot need to throw themselves in a bin and stay there.

Fixed

 

[tsubaki]

Almost all do that last anyway. Even Lincoln stuck his own son on Grant's staff. Eisenhower's son John was kept away from combat during WWII out of concerns he might be targeted for capture. The US Park Service (which gives the 'short form' histories of the various presidents) reports Ike told John during the Korean War that under no circumstances could he permit himself to be captured while serving in combat. The only other president in modern times who let his own kids go in harm's way while commander-in-chief was FDR.

Presidents' children serving in combat was much more common prior to the Civil War, when combat service was a primary pathway to a political career. If a politician's kid wanted their name in the paper for the right reasons, that was one way. The media loved to drag a prominent politician's kid through the muck then as now if given the opportunity, of course. Supposedly Grant himself was arrested while president for carriage speeding in D.C., and paid what amounted to the fine.

theres putting someone on the staff somewhere, and there is hiding out in Miami

 

[Spadge Vernacular]

theres putting someone on the staff somewhere, and there is hiding out in Miami

And Qatar

 

[Wat Tyler]

Thugs

Inside the West Bank district under harsh Israeli lockdown since Hamas attack

In the fortified H2 area of Hebron, Palestinian residents are being forced off the street at gunpoint.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[davek]

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Inside the West Bank district under harsh Israeli lockdown since Hamas attack

In the fortified H2 area of Hebron, Palestinian residents are being forced off the street at gunpoint.

www.bbc.co.uk

The dregs of human life they are. How they get attributed the relatively friendly title of 'settler' is also an outrage. They aren't settling anything - that land was already settled. They are psychotic invaders.

 

[Blue 1]

The dregs of human life they are. How they get attributed the relatively friendly title of 'settler' is also an outrage. They aren't settling anything - that land was already settled. They are psychotic invaders.

Religious fundamentalist death cult.

 

[davek]

Religious fundamentalist death cult.

Exactly what they are...and even the religion is a front for a land grab. Just as it's been elsewhere in the world in other eras.

They're colonisers. Pure and simple.

 

[Ming the Merciful]

Exactly what they are...and even the religion is a front for a land grab. Just as it's been elsewhere in the world in other eras.

They're colonisers. Pure and simple.

Same logic could be applied to Russia, I'm sure you'll agree.

 

[LostLegend]

 

[davek]

Same logic could be applied to Russia, I'm sure you'll agree.

Yes, I do agree.

But that doesn't mean wanting the fall of Zelensky and his corrupt government that's sacrificed 200,000 people to keep him in a job is wrong.

 

[Ming the Merciful]

Yes, I do agree.

But that doesn't mean wanting the fall of Zelensky and his corrupt government that's sacrificed 200,000 people to keep him in a job is wrong.

No I'm sure there are issues to be addressed with regards to that.

However if I were to triage the problems in Ukraine the priority would be the potential genocide from the invasion of Russia.

Appreciate the threads are crossed here slightly.

Israeli actions continue to appall me and everyone with a functional moral compass, what we continue to see playing out in real time are war crimes without a shadow of doubt.

 

[Martin Alvito]

Thugs

Inside the West Bank district under harsh Israeli lockdown since Hamas attack

In the fortified H2 area of Hebron, Palestinian residents are being forced off the street at gunpoint.

www.bbc.co.uk

And people criticized Deus Ex: Mankind Divided for going overboard about discrimination. It's the only visual depiction I have encountered in science fiction of anything quite this heavy-handed.

A lot of visual elements in that game match up with the BBC's pictures of H2. It makes me wonder if someone on that development team grew up in Hebron. If so, it's a huge shame that publisher concerns over sales and public pressure prevented them from speaking openly and honestly about the source of inspiration.

 

[davek]

No I'm sure there are issues to be addressed with regards to that.

However if I were to triage the problems in Ukraine the priority would be the potential genocide from the invasion of Russia.

Appreciate the threads are crossed here slightly.

Israeli actions continue to appall me and everyone with a functional moral compass, what we continue to see playing out in real time are war crimes without a shadow of doubt.

Tbf mate, there's no way Russia would be kettling people into a certain area of Ukraine and them bombing them round the clock.

Israel are a class beyond anything on earth.

 

[Ming the Merciful]

Tbf mate, there's no way Russia would be kettling people into a certain area of Ukraine and them bombing them round the clock.

Israel are a class beyond anything on earth.

Both Russia and Israel are sovereign states engaged in unspeakable acts of violence and genocide.

Let's not get bogged down in who is scraping the barrel of humanity the furthest.