If only someone was pushing them to articulate their reasons for defending the war crimes that are objectively happening
You understand itās not a good idea to do that for some of the reasons right? What reasons might those be? Can you think of any?
Not doing so is doing nothing to address the suspicion that they might be allowing them to happen because they have imperial interests in the region
āAddress the suspicionā? To have a democratic western-friendly foothold in the heart of the oil countries? You need to hear that reason that is so public itās a cliche? What other āimperial interestsā are there? Exploiting labor or something? Setting up cotton plantations in Israel? Iām not suspecting those, but hey surprise me.
Itās only complicated if you think neocolonialism is a valid means to an imperialist end. If you reject those outright it gets pretty simple
I think you know youāre reaching with this one but ok. Letās use ā1. The policy or practice of a wealthy or powerful nation in extending its influence into a less developed one, especially in exploiting that nationās resources.ā unless you want to argue some finer nuance with āneocolonialismā. Why do you think Israel is āless developedā? What resources is the US exploiting that isnāt the ādemocratic foothold in the middle eastā?
An āimperialist endā huh boy that does sound bad, what end would that be? Preventing eternal war between eternally sworn enemies in a gas station the rest of the world uses? Probably not what you were going for - yours probably has the word genocide in it I bet.
So if itās so simple - you write the check. Whatās your simple solution? Lemme save you the time complaining about it; youāll say cut off all aid to Israel, Iāll point out Bibi has specifically promised that wonāt stop him and then Iāll point out that russia would love to buy some more Israel and youāll either love that idea or pretend it doesnāt matter or - hey maybe you have the answer, youāre the super genius person the world has been waiting for to solve this problem. But I doubt it.
And as far as some āFake nuance to argumentsā, Iām not saying thatās not a thing, Iām saying prove it. Gimme the simple version youāve got all printed up on colorful paper. What is it? Is it genius? Is it feasible? Is it even coherent?
What other āimperial interestsā are there? Exploiting labor or something? Setting up cotton plantations in Israel? Iām not suspecting those, but hey surprise me.
Idk, you kind of already nailed it with the oil. Exploiting the natural resources of sovereign nations by regional military dominance is definitionally imperialist.
I think you know youāre reaching with this one but ok. Letās use ā1. The policy or practice of a wealthy or powerful nation in extending its influence into a less developed one, especially in exploiting that nationās resources.ā unless you want to argue some finer nuance with āneocolonialismā. Why do you think Israel is āless developedā? What resources is the US exploiting that isnāt the ādemocratic foothold in the middle eastā?
Lmao, Palestine is the less developed nation, and Isreal is the colony. I didnāt think that one needed to be explained. The resource is oil and trade routes, the foothold is the control over them.
Preventing eternal war between eternally sworn enemies in a gas station the rest of the world uses?
Even at my most angry, I donāt think iāve ever had this much contempt for another nation/people/continent. That is the wildest show of arogance I have so far seen on lemmy. But if you think the US has been an actor that is keeping the peace and not fomenting conflict in the middle east, then holy fuck I donāt know what I could possibly tell you to convince you otherwise. I mean for fucks sake, the last three decades of american foreign activity has been primarily defined by active military conflict there. Go ahead and convince me those were peacekeeping missions.
So if itās so simple - you write the check. Whatās your simple solution?
Get the fuck out of the middle east and let the people there decide what they want to do with the natural resources. It would be hard to imagine that whatever conflict that erupts there in the vacuum could possibly be worse than the millions of people the US and their partners have killed there over the last three decades.
Gimme the simple version youāve got all printed up on colorful paper. What is it? Is it genius? Is it feasible? Is it even coherent?
If your only ideological concern is freedom and democracy, then there are no interests the US has in the middle east that come close to meeting them. Itās as easy as āi oppose colonial and imperialist activities no matter what form they takeā.
Exploiting the natural resources of sovereign nations by regional military dominance is definitionally imperialist.
Fair. Except Israel doesnāt have oil. And they donāt dominate the nations that do. Your move.
Lmao, Palestine is the less developed nation, and Isreal is the colony.
Israel is the colony huh. Interesting. How do we get oil and - ?? ātrade routesā ? from āour colonyā, Israel? And - just to put a fine point on it then, Israel is not a sovereign nation under your ādefinitionā, right, itās a US colony? Okay. You donāt think thatās - of course you donāt.
Even at my most angry, I donāt think iāveĀ everĀ hadĀ this muchcontempt for another nation/people/continent.
What nation/people/continent? The middle east, so-called, has many. Youāve taken great offense on behalf of one of them - which one?
That is theĀ wildestshow of arogance I have so far seen on lemmy.
Yeah cause you donāt hear yourself.
I mean for fucks sake, the last threeĀ decadesĀ of american foreign activity has been primarily defined by active military conflict there. Go ahead and convince me those were peacekeeping missions.
Wouldnāt dream of it. I protested them all. And all of them - get this straight, because this is where youāre fucking up - ALL OF THEM were specifically republican led. Actual war criminals Bush & Cheney still wandering around out here not worried at all by your biden genocide wankery. Youāre specifically calling to hurt the electability of the party that fought for you against all those wars and for the party that will 100% create more of them.
That you donāt see that is the most arrogant idiocy Iāve ever seen on lemmy plus infinity plus one!. Or- or did you want nuance. I dunno, kinda mixed signals there really.
So if itās so simple - you write the check. Whatās your simple solution?
Get the fuck out of the middle east and let the people there decide what they want to do with the natural resources. It would be hard to imagine that whatever conflict that erupts there in the vacuum could possibly be worse than the millions of people the US and their partners have killed there over the last three decades.
Yeah thatās fucking brilliant. And exactly what we expected youād say. Are you familiar with nuclear weapons? You know North Korea or maybe Pakistan (or, hell - russia!) will sell you one pretty cheap. You hate Israel so much, badda-bing, problem solved itās all a party now. You think thatās unlikely? Goddamn. How can you miss that. You think the Wahabbists are interested in maybe opening a dialogue? Yeah? Mr. Bone Sawās gonna look over at newly-russiaād Israel and say hey buddy ol pals aināt it great the imperialist pig dogs are gone? Wanna play videogames and drink sodas together?
Do nothing. Well shit you are the super genius weāve been missing. If only those warmongering (checks notes) Democrats would get out of power we could really get things done.
Itās as easy as āi oppose colonial and imperialist activities no matter what form they takeā.
Absolutist positions are a trap. At best. At worst they create terrible outcomes. And youāll have a 100% chance of losing this election. So - since your genius foreign policy is literally nothing, and since your klaxon teeth-grinding that biden āsupports genocideā is only able to help trump, and since you have a 0% chance to help anyone - least of all the people you think youāre, i guess you think youāre helping? - why donāt you try a different way to āoppose colonial and imperialist activitiesā? Maybe aim a little lower to start? Win a local election, maybe?
If only someone was pushing them to articulate their reasons for defending the war crimes that are objectively happening
Not doing so is doing nothing to address the suspicion that they might be allowing them to happen because they have imperial interests in the region
Itās only complicated if you think neocolonialism is a valid means to an imperialist end. If you reject those outright it gets pretty simple
You understand itās not a good idea to do that for some of the reasons right? What reasons might those be? Can you think of any?
āAddress the suspicionā? To have a democratic western-friendly foothold in the heart of the oil countries? You need to hear that reason that is so public itās a cliche? What other āimperial interestsā are there? Exploiting labor or something? Setting up cotton plantations in Israel? Iām not suspecting those, but hey surprise me.
I think you know youāre reaching with this one but ok. Letās use ā1. The policy or practice of a wealthy or powerful nation in extending its influence into a less developed one, especially in exploiting that nationās resources.ā unless you want to argue some finer nuance with āneocolonialismā. Why do you think Israel is āless developedā? What resources is the US exploiting that isnāt the ādemocratic foothold in the middle eastā?
An āimperialist endā huh boy that does sound bad, what end would that be? Preventing eternal war between eternally sworn enemies in a gas station the rest of the world uses? Probably not what you were going for - yours probably has the word genocide in it I bet.
So if itās so simple - you write the check. Whatās your simple solution? Lemme save you the time complaining about it; youāll say cut off all aid to Israel, Iāll point out Bibi has specifically promised that wonāt stop him and then Iāll point out that russia would love to buy some more Israel and youāll either love that idea or pretend it doesnāt matter or - hey maybe you have the answer, youāre the super genius person the world has been waiting for to solve this problem. But I doubt it.
And as far as some āFake nuance to argumentsā, Iām not saying thatās not a thing, Iām saying prove it. Gimme the simple version youāve got all printed up on colorful paper. What is it? Is it genius? Is it feasible? Is it even coherent?
Idk, you kind of already nailed it with the oil. Exploiting the natural resources of sovereign nations by regional military dominance is definitionally imperialist.
Lmao, Palestine is the less developed nation, and Isreal is the colony. I didnāt think that one needed to be explained. The resource is oil and trade routes, the foothold is the control over them.
Even at my most angry, I donāt think iāve ever had this much contempt for another nation/people/continent. That is the wildest show of arogance I have so far seen on lemmy. But if you think the US has been an actor that is keeping the peace and not fomenting conflict in the middle east, then holy fuck I donāt know what I could possibly tell you to convince you otherwise. I mean for fucks sake, the last three decades of american foreign activity has been primarily defined by active military conflict there. Go ahead and convince me those were peacekeeping missions.
Get the fuck out of the middle east and let the people there decide what they want to do with the natural resources. It would be hard to imagine that whatever conflict that erupts there in the vacuum could possibly be worse than the millions of people the US and their partners have killed there over the last three decades.
If your only ideological concern is freedom and democracy, then there are no interests the US has in the middle east that come close to meeting them. Itās as easy as āi oppose colonial and imperialist activities no matter what form they takeā.
Fair. Except Israel doesnāt have oil. And they donāt dominate the nations that do. Your move.
Israel is the colony huh. Interesting. How do we get oil and - ?? ātrade routesā ? from āour colonyā, Israel? And - just to put a fine point on it then, Israel is not a sovereign nation under your ādefinitionā, right, itās a US colony? Okay. You donāt think thatās - of course you donāt.
What nation/people/continent? The middle east, so-called, has many. Youāve taken great offense on behalf of one of them - which one?
Yeah cause you donāt hear yourself.
Wouldnāt dream of it. I protested them all. And all of them - get this straight, because this is where youāre fucking up - ALL OF THEM were specifically republican led. Actual war criminals Bush & Cheney still wandering around out here not worried at all by your biden genocide wankery. Youāre specifically calling to hurt the electability of the party that fought for you against all those wars and for the party that will 100% create more of them.
That you donāt see that is the most arrogant idiocy Iāve ever seen on lemmy plus infinity plus one!. Or- or did you want nuance. I dunno, kinda mixed signals there really.
Yeah thatās fucking brilliant. And exactly what we expected youād say. Are you familiar with nuclear weapons? You know North Korea or maybe Pakistan (or, hell - russia!) will sell you one pretty cheap. You hate Israel so much, badda-bing, problem solved itās all a party now. You think thatās unlikely? Goddamn. How can you miss that. You think the Wahabbists are interested in maybe opening a dialogue? Yeah? Mr. Bone Sawās gonna look over at newly-russiaād Israel and say hey buddy ol pals aināt it great the imperialist pig dogs are gone? Wanna play videogames and drink sodas together?
Do nothing. Well shit you are the super genius weāve been missing. If only those warmongering (checks notes) Democrats would get out of power we could really get things done.
Absolutist positions are a trap. At best. At worst they create terrible outcomes. And youāll have a 100% chance of losing this election. So - since your genius foreign policy is literally nothing, and since your klaxon teeth-grinding that biden āsupports genocideā is only able to help trump, and since you have a 0% chance to help anyone - least of all the people you think youāre, i guess you think youāre helping? - why donāt you try a different way to āoppose colonial and imperialist activitiesā? Maybe aim a little lower to start? Win a local election, maybe?
Oooh, I have this one, I have this one, citations needed just did an episode on this.
Oh my god Iāve only read the title so far and I already fucking love it