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Everything posted by Moonlight Graham
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Fair point. I understand why they occupied the Golan Heights etc for strategic defense purposes, I don't blame them for that. But that's different than building West Bank settlements and using the denial of food as a war tactic. Israel is never going to please everyone but they do themselves no favors in international eyes when they do things like commit war crimes. Israel's existence depends on international support from the US and other western countries, and that support shouldn't be completely unconditional.
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I think the proper way for Israel to handle the situation is to abide by international law at all times while defending themselves against attack by Arabs. They lose legitimacy among allies when they break international law. Arab leaders, on the other hand, couldn't care less about international law, human rights etc.
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If Palestinians only attacked military targets because of e.g. illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank etc that would make sense, and be legitimate resistance. Since those aren't the methods of Hamas and isn't the main reason they attack Israelis it means most of their resistance isn't legitimate. Let's be very clear on their methods and their goals. The last 70 years since 1948 is the only time over the last 2000 years where Israeli/Palestinian Jews have been able to successfully defend their homeland against foreign invaders. They do go too far at times and break international law (which is wrong), but I believe in their right to exist and defend themselves. Let's also be clear that "Palestine" existed long before any significant population of Arabs lived in the area.
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I'm sure if indigenous people in Canada wanted their own sovereignty somewhere in Canada you'd want to send them to Europe? If I were an Arab I wouldn't vote for or support far-right religious extremist jihadists who target children and families in their homes, and I wouldn't be dancing in the street when it happens.
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The goal of Hamas isn't to stop Israel from building settlements in the West Bank or any other illegal activity as many progressives like to believe, their goal is to re-conquer and re-colonize all of the land of Israel/Palestine and completely dismantle the state of Israel by any means necessary. Israel is a legal entity as voted by the UN General Assembly so Hamas has no right to do that. Jews are the indigenous people of that land, not Arabs, and therefore have a right to a homeland there in some form. Palestinian leaders and their people have never had any desire for a 2-state solution. Israel abandoning that goal 20 years ago once they realized the Palestinians were never going to be interested in peace isn't surprising. Palestinians don't deserve a state if they're just going to use state rights like trade and a military to perpetually launch attacks against Israel because they don't acknowledge their right to exist. Many progressives are naive and don't seem to understand most of this.
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You can apply for asylum, but if you have no grounds (evidence) for it they don't even have to hear your claim. And if you're an asylum seeker you should be applying for it ASAP after entering the US, not when they're threatening to deport you. Too many people are taking advantage of western kindness.
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The inevitable result of decades of non-policy by both parties allowing this for corporate profits. Every illegal should be deported and have only themselves to blame. People who arrived as children have only their parents to blame. If the US chooses to bring some back for needed labour that's their choice, not the choice of illegal migrants or companies defrauding the government. At least most Americans have the backbone to stand up for themselves and their country, unlike many Canadians who are a bunch of submissive wimps. All these tantrum-throwing toddlers causing violence against ICE agents need to be put in a jail cell and charged. The mayor of LA and the governor of California are anti-American wimps for bowing to the virtue signalling of illegal migrants and those who support their criminal activity.
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Palestine's Arab neighbours all attacked Israel in 1948. They lost. And there were other skirmished like 1967, and they lost again. They complain about land grabs by Israel, yet the goal of Palestinians and many of their Muslim neighbour countries is to take all of Israel for Muslims. They're hypocrites. Israel should follow international law, but when Arabs complain about it it's a farce because which Arab governments follow international law? Certainly not Hamas. Peace will happen when Palestinian governments and jihadist groups supported by their governments stop attacking Israel and finally want a 2-state solution in good faith, which they've NEVER wanted. Jews are the indigenous people of that land, not Arabs. The Arab Muslim caliphate empire invaded and conquered that land around 640 CE. Arabs need to at least be willing to share the land/cities/buildings that they stole. Thoughts @eyeball?
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Aussies are nervous: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/clygvl01y5ro China with apparently an extraordinary military build-up and making more of a presence in the South China Sea to counter US strength there.
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They are when they try to steal an election from the people of the United States. But like I said, there's lots of enemies. I'd consider both parties such. Look at how the Democratic Party treated Bernie Sanders in 2016. And then there's China and Russia. China having the obvious potential to be a far bigger threat than the USSR ever was.