Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats
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Dave
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I know, right?!?
Gas Bandit's Political Thread V: The Vampire Likes Bats
Vivek Ramaswamy is leaving the Trump administration’s “Department of Government Efficiency” to run for governor of Ohio, That was fast. I thought they will split around march this year.
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Also the ceasefire if we go by your “logic.”Hey people who refused to vote for Kamala for Gaza reasons...
... this is on you.
GasBandit
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GasBandit
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Yeah, if you can't have everything you want perfectly and instantly, then strike off your nose to spite your face, we know your deal.
Yeah not wanting our president to fully support an active genocide is a huge fucking ask.
Such a big ask that Trump managed to accomplish in weeks what Biden lied about and claimed he was working for over a year.
I'm sorry, are your claiming "let's forcibly move 2 million people out of their indigenous area and force them into countries that don't want them to starve and die in refugee camps" - an atrocity not unlike some of the things the USA did to native Americans, mind - backed by the threat of legal complete genocide is a better solution than trying to negotiate?
Good for you.
GasBandit
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If you didn't vote against Trump, you're on the hook for all his actions. Wouldn't you have liked the luxury of only being on the hook for someone, ANYONE else... Or at least be able to say that you voted against THIS.
I’ve lived in three Middle Eastern countries. I know that the war in Gaza is a deeply emotional issue for Arab-American voters. American progressives have built up Palestinians as the ultimate “little guy” to stick up for. Legitimate criticism of the Israeli government can easily turn into outright antisemitic violence like we saw at the soccer match in the Netherlands. Nothing about this situation is simple.
Trump and his base vastly oversimplify it and will enable the worst impulses of Netanyahu’s government. That's why I was astounded by the gluten-free student protesters who abstained or voted for Stein or even Trump as a spiteful protest vote. Biden/Harris at least tried to curb the violence. Trump will flood Israel with more munitions, and his underlings are trying to make it impossible to protest that.
PS - I saw a photo of one of those protest kids waving a sign that read "Palestinian rights are trans rights." I almost spat out my drink. Anyone who has spent two seconds in the Middle East would tell you that LGBT folks aren't tolerated there. At least Israel offers legal protection to them, although they are culturally stigmatized. While Israel is relatively liberal compared to the rest of the Middle East, Israelis are still Middle Eastern.
Trump and his base vastly oversimplify it and will enable the worst impulses of Netanyahu’s government. That's why I was astounded by the gluten-free student protesters who abstained or voted for Stein or even Trump as a spiteful protest vote. Biden/Harris at least tried to curb the violence. Trump will flood Israel with more munitions, and his underlings are trying to make it impossible to protest that.
PS - I saw a photo of one of those protest kids waving a sign that read "Palestinian rights are trans rights." I almost spat out my drink. Anyone who has spent two seconds in the Middle East would tell you that LGBT folks aren't tolerated there. At least Israel offers legal protection to them, although they are culturally stigmatized. While Israel is relatively liberal compared to the rest of the Middle East, Israelis are still Middle Eastern.
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1. I voted for Kamala asshole. I made that very fucking clear everytime one of you idiots tried to make these exact same brainless point.
2. No it doesn't make me feel any fucking better that I voted for a person who fully supported a genocide. Especially since I have no doubts whatso ever that if Kamala had won there wouldn't even be the temporary ceasefire that we have now. Which as temporary as it is still means at least there are some days where children aren't getting blown up by Israel.
If that's what you believe and not "Netanyahu agreed to a ceasefire to give Trump better publicity" then you're insane.
Yeah I have the observation skills god gave a goat. You have any other hot takes? Maybe some inane chatter about the weather?
Still the cease fire happened because of Trump. No matter how you whine about it.
Literally not a single of your presidents has cleared that bar since at least WWII. So apparently it is too much to ask.
so we should definitely be smarmy at American Palestinians for not following the status quo "for their own good" as their families are actively being blown up. FAFO right guys?! lmao lulz
Yeah, better to just vote for the guy that wants to clear Gaza out:
Trump wants neighbours to take in Palestinians to 'clean out' Gaza
Palestinians condemn the proposal, and both Jordan and Egypt have rejected Trump's request.
www.bbc.com
That's likely true, as the Israeli Government probably wants all their hostages back before raising Gaza, as no caring about them has been a hot button issue for Netanyahu lately.
A reprieve is still a reprieve. It’s also infinitely more than Biden or Harris ever offered Palestine.
Dave
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Other than when they did and the right torpedoed it just to make people say things like what you said.
Both sides suck when it comes to the middle east. Trump is going to suck infinitely more and I can't understand why people are glossing over that. It's like the difference between an aggressive chiuaua and an aggressive pitbull. Yeah they both bite but which would you prefer?
The right didn’t. Netanyahu did and Biden let him.
You’re fucking deranged if you think that Trump is going to be “infinitely worse”. We’ve seen Biden justify toddlers getting shot in the head. Trump will be worse but claiming that Biden was a chihuahua is just stupid as hell. No basis in fact.
Ask me how i know you didn't read the link i posted ?
In separate comments on Air Force One, Trump said he had ended former President Joe Biden's hold on the supply of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel.
"They paid for them and they've been waiting for them for a long time," he told reporters on Air Force One.