uncle bernard

What's your interpretation? Seems pretty clear to me they're saying "we can't continue the war unless we give our Western backers enough cover by providing the *bare minimum* amount of food to prevent a famine." If you disagree, please provide an alternative.

Correct, I should have said it was a gloss. But that was what they meant. You're welcome to give your own interpretation of the following. Here are Netanyahu's words: "We're going to take control of all the Gaza Strip,” Netanyahu vowed Monday in a video released by his office announcing that Israel would begin delivering “minimal humanitarian aid: food and medicine only.” Netanyahu claimed that international pressure, including from pro-Israel Republican senators and the White House, required the appearance of humanitarian intervention. "Our best friends in the world—senators I know as strong supporters of Israel—have warned that they cannot support us if images of mass starvation emerge," he said. “They come to me and say, ‘We’ll give you all the help you need to win the war… but we can’t be receiving pictures of famine,’” Netanyahu added. To continue the war of annihilation, he asserted, “We need to do it in a way that they won't stop us.” Here are Smotrich's words: Smotrich said the aid scheme would allow “our friends in the world to continue to provide us with an international umbrella of protection against the Security Council and the Hague Tribunal, and for us to continue to fight, God willing, until victory.” In what he described as an emergency press conference to address criticism from his own base, Smotrich laid out the Netanyahu government’s genocidal agenda and explained why the appearance of allowing aid is necessary on a strategic level. “The [aid] that will enter Gaza in the coming days is the tiniest amount. A handful of bakeries that will hand out pita bread to people in public kitchens. People in Gaza will get a pita and a food plate, and that's it. Exactly what we are seeing in the videos: people standing in line and waiting to have someone serve them, with some soup plate,” Smotrich said. “Truth be told, until the last of the hostages returns, we should also not let water into the Gaza Strip. But the reality is that if we do that, the world will force us to halt the war immediately, and to lose. It would be winning the battle, and losing the war. I'm committed to winning the war,” Smotrich declared. “We are disassembling Gaza, and leaving it as piles of rubble, with total destruction [which has] no precedent globally. And the world isn't stopping us. There are pressures. There are those who attack [us]; they are trying to [make us] stop; they are not succeeding. You know why they aren't succeeding? Because we are navigating [the campaign] responsibly and wisely, and that's how we'll continue to do [it]." Smotrich said that the Israeli forces are initiating a campaign to force Palestinians into the south of Gaza “and from there, God willing, to third countries, as part of President Trump's plan. This is a change of the course of history—nothing less.”

The murder of anybody, white or black, farmer or non-farmer, in South Africa is a problem. South Africa has a very high murder rate, over 26,000 last year. The TAU (Tranvaal Agricultural Union), which represents farmers, reports that 32 people were killed in farm attacks last year - 23 white, 9 black. The American right consistently points to these attacks as "White Genocide." They point to the anti-apartheid song "Kill the Boer" (which should be retired) as inciting violence. My question for you is: Why do these 32 murders - 30% of which were not even white - constitute a genocide, while the 50,000+ Palestinians killed in Gaza, over a third of which are children, do not constitute a genocide? (Note: the death toll is estimated to be even higher due to tens of thousands of missing Gazans presumed to be buried under the rubble) @Husker_Du I've seen you talk about the South African "White Genocide" several times. Can you please explain?

If this is the standard, wait until you find out about Israelis. Just this week, Netanyahu and Smotrich had to calm their supporters after letting a limited number of food trucks into Gaza by explicitly telling them "if we don't make these small symbolic gestures, the West will make us stop the genocide and we won't get Gaza."

1) This was wrong and should be roundly condemned. The man should be charged and tried with murder. I am very consistent about this. Two wrongs don't make a right. 2) This is bad for Palestine. This undercuts the growing peace movement in the West and will justify more extreme and illegal censorship. Palestinian resistance groups, including Hamas, are very intentional about only conducting military operations within the borders of historic Palestine. They want to emphasize that their struggle is defensive and about restoring their homeland. They do not target outside of Israel. They would not sanction this kind of attack. My question is why are YOU guys upset? By Israel's own well-established standards, both these people were legitimate targets in an active war.

The funny thing is he didn't even really do this, at least not nearly to the extent that he could have and many of his colleagues did. He just did it for the love of the game.

The one saving grace of the election result is that history will view Joe Biden as it should - a bad person whose entire political career was devoted to making things worse.

The Pentagon/Military is by far the largest source of waste and corruption in the government. DOGE isn't likely to look very closely, and they haven't so far, because Musk's companies hold major contracts with the Pentagon. So you have a government agency that's supposed to eliminate waste and corruption, but has totally ignored the largest source of waste and corruption because the head of the agency is himself involved in that waste and corruption.

1) Still haven't found any fraud. Fraud is not "stuff I disagree with." 2) If he was actually serious about cutting waste, he'd start at the Pentagon. I won't hold my breath considering Musk is a major Pentagon contractor. Corruption for me, but not for thee.

one day, maybe in a distant future, you'll be able to write a complete and coherent sentence.

Would really love for our resident conservatives to weigh in on this. As has now been shown 86-46 was already an established Trump supporter phrase against Biden. If Comey needs to be punished, shouldn't all those people also be punished. Comey was never in the military, but Posobiec (quoted above) was! If Comey was threatening death, shouldn't Posobiec be prosecuted for the same thing? OR we can all try to be normal for once and understand the phrase "86" by its most commonly understood meaning - to throw out.

Sure, FBI should investigate, but what happened to conservatives complaining about safe spaces and "derangement syndrome?" Anybody who's worked in a restaurant knows "86" either means we're out of this particular food, or more likely in this specific usage," somebody got kicked out and is banned from the premises. That's likely what Comey meant. Incredibly stupid thing to post knowing that Trump has no qualms about going after political enemies. Just opening yourself up to prosecution, regardless of what you meant.

He, quite literally, suffered traumatic brain damage and became conservative. He's actually the perfect metaphor for modern America lol.

Does he have to make money for it to be corruption? He just radically changed US foreign policy towards Qatar by breaking with Israel's ceasefire conditions. And then we find out the Qatar government is giving him a $400 million dollar plane? If that plane had anything to do with his decision, it's corruption. But beyond that, I think he's earned a lot skepticism in this area. He was the first President not to divest from his private businesses. He's done a ton of self-dealing, both through his campaigns and the government. His businesses charged the government for millions during his first term. He charged his own campaign for even more, effectively laundering political donations into business profit. So asking people to believe that he's going to donate the plane to his presidential library (which is already unbelievably wasteful) and then not use it is asking a lot. If he's truly not doing this for personal benefit, the plane should be passed on to the next president or left in the hands of the DOD for whatever they want to use it for.

Seems unlikely if they still have all their weapons.

I'm sure you've applied this level of grace/benefit of the doubt to the Biden family and Obama in the past, right? You're definitely not just trying to tell yourself a story because the guy you worship is doing something obviously corrupt. That would be beneath you....lol.

While removing the requirement for Hamas to disarm from his ceasefire deal! Pretty much undercuts the entire Israeli justification for the war, no?

He just accepted a $400 million dollar gift from Hamas' top state backer, no? If simply criticizing Israel is "supporting terrorism" like you guys say every day on here, what would you call accepting bribes from Hamas' best friend?

It's time to start asking: Is Trump in the pocket of Hamas?

Get this through your thick skull: They did not illegally protest. That's why this is a big deal. They aren't accused of doing anything illegal. The only thing they're being accused of is supporting Palestine, which is not illegal.

LOL...wrong! YOU are refusing to admit facts.

That is functionally the same thing. They are not allowed to attend school or work once their VISAs are revoked.

No matter how many times you guys repeat it, the deported students are not being accused of taking over buildings or causing property damage. You're trying to conflate two different groups of people because you know you have no argument based on the facts.

None of the things you listed mean they don't have due process. They all had court hearings and trials before being pardoned. If you want to complain about police brutality and overreach, I'm right there with you.