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Sure, but does it even matter at this point? Vodalus Send a noteboard - 20/10/2023 05:58:32 PM

View original postFor example, some of the strongest support on the Republican side comes from evangelicals who believe this confrontation in the Middle East is part of the end of days with God on the side of Israel.

The Christian Zionists simply want to pave the way for the Parousia. After that they expect/want the Israelis to literally go to Hell. The Israelis, for their part, are only all too happy to take the money and political support provided by the evangelicals, all the while laughing at such nonsensical religious ideas. The cynicism is impressive.


View original postLikewise a lot of the support for the Palestinians from Democrats has to do with the critical theory mindset that the world is divided into two camps, the oppressed and their oppressors. In this worldview Israel, like the US, is a colonizing oppressor.

I don’t believe in that Critical Theory shit, but to say that the people living in the open-air prison that is Gaza, where roughly half the population is under the age of 18 (i.e., didn’t vote for Hamas) and yet are subject to collective punishment sounds an awful lot like oppression to me. What’s more, how can anyone think such conditions will produce anything other than some pretty fucked up people capable of doing really fucked up things? Subject any people to such conditions - whether Palestinians, Chinese, Americans or whoever - and I bet the outcome wouldn’t differ much.


View original postSaying it's all about Bibi is a little simplistic. Bibi is vulnerable once this ends. Israel has a track record of ousting leaders on whose watch successful attacks take place. See Golda Meir.

Well, let’s see once the Bibisitter is gone, if he does indeed get the boot. There are real advantages to not being a dick, but Bibi’s calculated assholery usually works well for him. Probably less so for others, though.

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I find it interesting, but sadly not a bit surprising... - 19/10/2023 05:24:33 PM 467 Views
Is that right? - 19/10/2023 05:43:12 PM 231 Views
Re: Is that right? - 19/10/2023 06:02:40 PM 211 Views
That's certainly what I'm seeing here, yes. - 19/10/2023 06:15:05 PM 259 Views
And Hamas' recording - 20/10/2023 02:44:12 PM 202 Views
I do not know about the Hospital - 19/10/2023 06:15:55 PM 237 Views
The Palestinians are pretty shameless in their propaganda. - 20/10/2023 03:17:43 AM 224 Views
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I feel for you, my friend - 20/10/2023 02:47:31 PM 203 Views
Ummm - 20/10/2023 07:30:05 PM 232 Views
People believe what their taught anti-Semitism teaches them to believe. - 20/10/2023 02:39:19 PM 227 Views
What is amazing is how opinions here have split by party affiliation. - 20/10/2023 02:53:41 PM 210 Views
There is absolutely nothing amazing about it. - 20/10/2023 03:17:27 PM 214 Views
I believe there's a little more to it than that. - 20/10/2023 03:46:24 PM 232 Views
Sure, but does it even matter at this point? - 20/10/2023 05:58:32 PM 269 Views
Never forget - 20/10/2023 06:16:25 PM 207 Views
Go fuck yourself - 20/10/2023 06:43:41 PM 196 Views
Piss off Roland - 20/10/2023 07:25:18 PM 185 Views
I am cursing Greg for he is one man - 20/10/2023 07:35:01 PM 215 Views
Actually I know that Israel has a right to exist and its people have a right to the land. - 20/10/2023 07:38:31 PM 210 Views
greg you are putting words into my mouth - 20/10/2023 07:44:06 PM 216 Views
Seriously Mookie listen to yourself - 20/10/2023 07:39:27 PM 216 Views
Re: Seriously Mookie listen to yourself - 20/10/2023 07:45:42 PM 237 Views
Found the anti-semite. - 20/10/2023 07:30:25 PM 211 Views
I was born failed - 20/10/2023 07:32:41 PM 199 Views
Sweetie darling, - 20/10/2023 07:39:42 PM 220 Views
You think you're unique? - 20/10/2023 07:40:24 PM 205 Views
So people who are 14 in Gaza, where are they supposed to go? - 20/10/2023 07:45:41 PM 178 Views
Ask the surrounding Arab countries, for once. *NM* - 20/10/2023 07:47:13 PM 94 Views
And who killed a former president of Egypt? It was before the 14 year olds birth - 20/10/2023 07:52:23 PM 214 Views
If you're referencing Sadat, he was killed by a fellow Egyptian - 20/10/2023 08:12:35 PM 227 Views
Yes I am referencing Sadat - 20/10/2023 08:51:35 PM 177 Views
Re: Never forget - 20/10/2023 07:09:51 PM 223 Views
One thing to note - 20/10/2023 07:35:10 PM 208 Views
Sadly, Jordan doesn't want them, any more than Egypt. *NM* - 20/10/2023 07:49:16 PM 102 Views
Re: One thing to note - 20/10/2023 07:51:48 PM 238 Views
Or maybe its lies spread on campuses over the past 30 years - 20/10/2023 05:24:11 PM 197 Views
Both, and more. - 20/10/2023 06:00:49 PM 211 Views
People believe what fits best with the ongoing narrative. - 20/10/2023 03:51:31 PM 227 Views
The first assumption that the IDF and US are obviously lying is the issue. *NM* - 20/10/2023 04:07:29 PM 110 Views
All plays in the wider geopolitical war going on here - 20/10/2023 05:32:15 PM 194 Views
The larger pattern - 20/10/2023 05:29:56 PM 215 Views
I agree 100% - 20/10/2023 05:45:08 PM 200 Views
Nice to see the board alive again, even for just one day. *NM* - 20/10/2023 08:18:27 PM 113 Views
The blood always pumps due to cursed things, that or drink - *NM* - 20/10/2023 08:40:49 PM 92 Views

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