FuglyDuck

so, to the “overwhelming majority of Israelis” comment: This is the full comment

if I may engage in a bit of sane washing for just a second… I think what he’s trying to say is that our approach was tempered by the extreme emotions being felt by israelis basically as a whole. And Yes, I sort of get what he’s saying. ultimately its the same argument zionists use to justify aid to Israel for… well… longer than I’ve been alive. basically, that our aid gives us a leash to help restrain Israel from doing… a genocide.

it’s actually even more infuriating than the idea that he’s drafting american policy according to the polling of foreign nationals, personally.

I remember 9/11 and where I was (highschool. i was in the school’s graphics lab. The teacher just went and turned on the TV news and we spent the entire class in stunned silence. I still remember the musty smell of commercial carpet and school-basement.)

I remember very well the anger and rage I felt. People needed to pay. it didn’t help that certain people took advantage of that attack specifically to satisfy their own agenda and greed, inflaming emotions. anyone who is right-thinking should have a sense of shame about what we- as americans- did to Iraq and Afghanistan. This is not to say we should have done nothing, but rather that what we did do was shameful, and we could, and should, have done better.

So yes, I do have some sympathy, some understanding, of what Israelis are feeling.

But that hurt and fear does not, could not, and must never justify genocide.

Blinken is patting himself on the back for getting an asshole to stop throwing bricks, conveniently ignoring that he was the one handing the asshole bricks in the first place, and that the asshole only stopped after it completely knocked out every window and most the doors in this proverb.

One does not give a child who is lashing out in rage a knife.

One does not give a bully, who just found out what happens when you push to hard, too far, and get punched in the face, a fucking gun.

It is immoral, unethical, and blatantly illegal to give a genocidal regime the tools they want, to continue prosecuting genocide.

It is not necessary to accommodate their demands for more weapons, to respect, and to have sympathy for the loss and hurt and fear. Accommodating those demands in abeyance of US law; and frankly, just plain common sense,

I mean, I’m absolutely not qualified. Still more than hegseth, but like… I’ve never served… and my answer to the ASEAN question would have been “uh countries in, uh, SE Asia….”

The more this limp chode opens his mouth, the more I’m convinced I’m actually more qualified as SecDef.

To be clear, I’m not. At all.

But I’m sober. I’m smart enough to listen to the people that are. Also I actually manage more people than he ever has.

I kinda hope he gets antibacterial-resistant flesh eating bacteria on his dick and dies. (preferably without infecting women. damned rapists.)

pretty sure the prerequisite was “willing to order warcrimes on US citizens.”

‘Than Ever’

dude was a senator starting at 1972.

he’s been an active participant in this

Sure, a massive disaster caused by trump et all fucking things up was recovered from. But that’s not really Biden’s doing, except in the most ephemeral of senses

Even more so?

There’s always room to become even more cowardly.

Keep in mind. Conservatives believe in climate change, when it suited them.

One of trump’s golf courses cited it as a reason for a sea wall.

More pointedly, the insurance companies that are paying off republicans because they’re assholes, are also saying it’s climate change that’s forcing them to drop insurance in California. Even though they’re directly donating to climate deniers.

It’s all just a massive grift. A giant “fuck you because you’re so stupid you let us do it.”

She’s not a republican, and the last bit of the quote that everyone seems to be ignoring kinda makes it clear she’s not being misguided.

You have a point, still, but yeah. That’s not her.

The full quote, my emphasis;

I’ve had conversations with colleagues about many of the bills that are coming before us, and certainly have heard from some colleagues who, like me, are mystified that this is a priority for a Republican conference that is entering a Republican trifecta, that this is an issue that they prioritize,” [stuff] “And it defies understanding, except for the fact that it’s a pretty obvious part of a politics of misdirection and distraction.

Her full quote:

I’ve had conversations with colleagues about many of the bills that are coming before us, and certainly have heard from some colleagues who, like me, are mystified that this is a priority for a Republican conference that is entering a Republican trifecta, that this is an issue that they prioritize, [snippy.] And it defies understanding, except for the fact that it’s a pretty obvious part of a politics of misdirection and distraction.

(Emphasis mine,) I think she could teach the course.

They already are, and you are suggesting democrats become feckless cowards.

Learn to hit back. You’ll feel better.

Honestly, campaign on that.

“My opponent supports genocide. They’ve received xxx,xxx dollars from AIPAC. They’re being funded by foreign interests because they put those interests before you.”

And to any dem politicians out there thinking about it- AIPAC and Netanyahu fucked Biden. They are not your ally. They are not your friend.

45 democrats need to get fucking primaried.

Works for me.

I volunteer Minnesota as tribute?

next question…

any chance this guy is dating Marge?

Thanks. I don’t suppose you happen to know the height of the virginia guy they just arrested and were “investigating” for over a year? the one with shitloads of pipebombs?

“don’t threaten us, please,” from the dumbass that said “official acts” have blanket immunity?

get bent.

I hope banon is being literal. I’d love to see them rip each other’s faces off…

Might be a distraction.

Might not be.

Either way, as long as they’re infighting, they’re not actually governing. even if it is just “infighting” and not actual infighting.

So let them fight.