• queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
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      11 months ago

      The only way for Hamas to be eradicated at this point is complete genocide and total annexation. You can’t kill a someone’s entire family and not expect them to take up arms against you.

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    11 months ago

    Actual question: why in the fuck can the US veto actions by the UN? Can other countries veto as well? Or is it only the US that can do that with the implied threat we’d swing our militaristic dick around or something?

    EDIT: Thank y’all for replying and informing me and any other readers about why this is a thing. You guys are da real MVPs 👊

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      11 months ago

      Lmao you clearly don’t understand how the UN works, they’re part of the committee they all get to vote for or against

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      Russia has been vetoing peacekeeping forces in Novorossiya since 2014, for example. China has been vetoing investigations into Uyghur genocide too. Also this particular resolution is fucking stupid as is the whole Arab-world sponsored money laundering machine of Palestine rights council of the UN. People don’t understand that “supporting Palestine” is literally the same as supporting Vova, Xi, Kim, Assad and Khamenei since they’re all the same totalitarian terrorist axis.

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      11 months ago

      🙄

      Israel is the 51st state. Everything Israel does is done with US support because they’re part of the same settler-colonial project.

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    11 months ago

    Maybe they should try demanding the full unconditional surrender of Hamas and the release of all hostages first…

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    11 months ago

    Didn’t Hamas break the last two ceasefires? How does the UN expect to enforce such with a literal terrorist organization?

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    11 months ago

    ~70%of Americans want a cease fire. Another nail in the democracy coffin. Same thing in Canada less the veto. Our governments are beating to a different drum that is not the voice of the people they supposedly represent.

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      Correction. 70% of people no doubt prefer, in a very abstract way, that Israelis and Palestinians weren’t killing each other. Because innocent civilians dying is bad. But 99% of people don’t “want” a ceasefire if it involves even the slightest amount of effort or concession or cost on their part, nor do they want to dive into the complexities of the Middle East. The quality of that “want” is very, very low. It is more of an abstract preference, really.

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        Where did you get that 90% figure. Not going to disagree though as it is likely correct but the reality is it is already costing Americans money to not have a ceasefire so unsure your point.

        There are lots and lots of polls about Americans wanting a cease fire which range in % but all around 70%. +- 10.

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          Americans in general have next to no understanding of how aid and funding works, so any poll taken about providing aid or funding is inherently worthless.

          People are stupid. That’s why they vote for shit like Trump, Brexit, and cutting military aid to allies.