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The world treats Israel differently.
There is no argument that is used against Israel that could not be used against Russia in the same way.
That said, I actually don't have a problem with the world's double standards. I am Jewish. I welcome the fact that we are held to a different standard. That we are supposed to strive to always improve and to grow.
Of course, from where I am sitting, I am deeply, deeply angry about this war. Israel refuses to win in a way that convinces the Arabs they have lost. Which perpetuates the war indefinitely - the story since 1948.
I am also mad at myself for failing to get my own suggestions followed by the Israeli government. I wrote on this topic several times - that the only sensible solution was to partition Gaza, announce that everyone who walks out of one half to the other gets to live, and then conduct a classic siege: cut off absolutely everything, and let dehydration/starvation/disease take the bad guys. No need to blow up buildings, try to get through booby traps, kill people... check it out here!
It is a crying shame that Israel decided instead on the much harder path.
Now we have a war that, even if Israel "wins" by destroying Hamas, will still have failed - because the Arabs will not be convinced that they have lost. Unless and until that happens, the war will continue.
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Which play are we running here? The one where congress votes on $25B (first installment only) of unaccountable funds or the one where the president simply delivers pallets of cash? It helps to know how much “fire” will be coming from supportive rationalizers inside “our” perimeter. Thanks in advance.
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Neither. I don't think the US should subsidize Israel.
As we know from Ukraine, even if the goal is noble, the result adds to corruption, embezzlement and kickbacks.
The course of action I proposed would have been far less expensive in any case. Supplying arms means that arms are to be used... which is not the smart play.
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Russia hasn’t killed 20,000 to 25,000 helpless women and children in the past 6 months.
Russia isn’t using famine as a weapon of war against 2 million people.
The only double standard is that Israel has been allowed to continue its atrocities, principally due to American support. Perhaps that is finally changing.
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How many helpless women and children do you estimate Russia has killed in the past 6 months. I've seen some pretty wild estimates, but what is yours?
And what do you think it will take for Russia to repeat the famine it instituted in the early 1930s, after which it replaced many of the dead millions with Russians, which then gave it an excuse to say that those regions of eastern Ukraine were Russians who needed to be protected, which therefore justified an invasion?
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iWe, your post is brilliant for it's conception and clarity in describing the global hypocrisy and anti-Semitism prevalent in today's culture.
Sad and tragic that it is so.
I understand your preferred prescribed method of eradicating the Hamas scourge. However that is a path not taken. I hope that Israel stays the course on her current path and fully defeats this terrorist cult and does not bow to the UN (and Biden/Obama/Kamala) terrorist sympathizers who demand, Demand they say, a cease fire. That is simply a guarantee of prolonged suffering and additional deaths for all.
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