NoneOfUrBusiness

Doesn’t matter; she’s still getting imprisoned for exercising her right to free speech.

Abstaining gave Trump the presidency. Abstaining for what reason varies, but Gaza was clearly an issue for some to stay home.

Yes, and I’m saying that Gaza wasn’t an issue for enough people to matter. Harris needed Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan to win, and while I can see pro-Palestinian votes swinging Michigan I simply doubt there were enough of them in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to matter. If you think otherwise, then you have more faith in the American people than me I guess.

Okay my man look at the margins. The anti-genocide people could’ve all voted and it wouldn’t have flipped a single state outside of Michigan. And the thing is: Harris lost before Michigan even finished counting. So yeah, you’re barking up the wrong tree here.

Huh? Okay you’ll need to provide some evidence if you’re saying it’s anything as neocolonial as what France is doing to these countries.

The same cannot be said for say Russia or China.

How so? Russia doesn’t really have global ambitions anymore, but China is invested in seeing a larger global middle class and a weaker Western neocolonial hold over Africa. This can and has lead to positive developments.

I mean allied victory was impossible without the lend lease, among other American support. That’s just a fact.

I’m probably repeating what everyone else said, but let me put it this way: If I, an Egyptian, go to a Christian neighborhood and burn the cross while saying all Christians should be deported, that’d probably he hate speech. If I went to a Jewish neighborhood (back when those existed here) and did the same, I’d be straight up calling for a pogrom. That’s what you’re looking at here.

So that’s the history of the dreaded “October surprise”.

Me too. Haaretz’s reporting on this war and its effects on Israel has been pretty good so far but they’ve also matched Israeli propaganda a few times so this came out of left field for me. Anyone with more knowledge of Israeli internal affairs with any idea what’s going on here?

How does Israel’s economy come into play here? This is about Middle Eastern people boycotting a bunch of American franchises and other stuff in (sometimes misguided) solidarity with Gaza.

Close. It makes you a Hamas headquarters.

Oh I see. That makes sense, and gives me some hope for the future.

Assuming that was a clipboard fail:

Yeah I have no idea what happened up there. Lemme just…

because they started assassinating people in London.

They did what?!

Harris voters are far more motivated to keep Trump out than his supporters are to keep him in.

They did what?!

Most (including US) current generation weapons systems have been untested.

Hasn’t a lot of it been tested in Ukraine and Gaza? That’s part of why Israel is useful for the West; they get to test their shiny new toys.

In other words, using qualifiers like inferior or superior for literally untested weapons(and yes, weapons are untested until used against an enemy) Is purely a faith/propaganda thing.

This makes sense in a conflict between equals, but for example Hezbollah literally doesn’t have an air force. Which makes sense because they’re a paramilitary organization, but like yeah it’s not really a question who’s outgunning who here. Hezbollah, and Russian aligned countries in general, primarily use old Soviet models which were at best on equal footing with contemporary Western models. Meanwhile the IDF is one of the most modern armies in the world, only being manned by morons.

If you need more proof that Hezbollah is outgunned here, then look at the state of Southern Lebanon compared to Northern Israel.

It must be remembered that Ukraine is using Western arms so while they’re losing in numbers their equipment is of superior quality. Hezbollah doesn’t have that advantage, and in fact it’s the opposite since they rely on inferior Russian and Iranian gear.

You didn’t contradict anything they said, so…

This is amazing.

Okay so on one hand stealing cheese is good taste, but on the other hand cheddar? Really? That’s just weak, man.

I knew those Khamas couldn’t be trusted! Next they’ll say the sky is blue!

officials told Israeli news outlet Maariv that American officials involved in the talks were hoping for a ceasefire deal before the US election on 5 November.

So that’s what they were doing. Too little, too late, too arrogant who the fuck do these assholes think they are?