• Allero@lemmy.today
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    9 months ago

    US is currently actively supporting Israel in the destruction and leveling of Palestine. They are the bad guy right now.

    But speaking out against the biggest economy in the world is suicidal, so surprise surprise - barely anyone does.

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      9 months ago

      I don’t disagree with you that the US is not a good guy on the world stage. However, the Israel-Palestine war is politically complex and tensions have been mounting for decades. Israel hold the cards for ending that, not the US.

      The fact that US taxpayers are funding Israel is bad. But saying that compares to Russia actively invading Ukraine for 2+ years is just dishonest. Russia can stop whenever they want and Putin has stated he believes that land to be his right.

      In this situation, Russia is more like Israel. Not the US.

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        It’s not politically complex. One side have more UN condemnation than freaking North Korea.

        Russia can stop whenever they want and Putin has stated he believes that land to be his right.

        So did Netanyahu.

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          9 months ago

          Did you just gloss over the point?

          Which wasn’t that what Israel is in the right, or that the US is blameless.

          It’s that Russia is like Israel.

          So did Netanyahu

          Yeah. That’s sort of exactly what I said, thanks

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            9 months ago

            Then we agree. Russia and Israel are bad and the west is bad for supporting the later while buying oil from the Saudi and their hamas-supporting muslims brotherhood…

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              9 months ago

              Sure, then we also agree.

              That comparing the US in this issue directly to Israel and Russia is dishonest, as Russia and Israel are direct aggressors with boots on the ground and the power to stop their respective wars.

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                9 months ago

                This time. It doesn’t allow you to make fascist meme about how the poorer side of the world is backward and uneducated (which is the subtext of the meme).

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                  9 months ago

                  Honestly, it’s not wrong to say that Russia considers most of the developed world unfriendly. Which is the actual text of this meme, however misinformed the tap water part might be.

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                    9 months ago

                    Which implies that being “developed” (code for rich) makes you morally right. Which is not the case, as illustrated by the wonderful story of the Iraqi, afghan, Malian wars among other. Where are the sanction for those?

                    This is basically mocking the poors for the sake of jingoism.