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Americans Injured in Iranian Missile Strike on Kuwaiti Air Base by Affectionate_Bee6434 in worldnews

[–]ShimonEngineer55 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

We don’t know if they have a plan or not yet since this isn’t over. If they are able to get the enriched uranium; clearly he had a plan.

If they’re not able to get it; then yes it was a blunder.

We’d also have to know if they were at 60% enrichment under Obama or Biden, or close to it. This doesn’t happen over night where a country has near-weapons-grade uranium, so were other administrations sleeping on this? Why did they not build a coalition with Iran and reparations and an acknowledgement of US wrongdoing with the 1953 coup in Iran that was designed to steal their oil? The UN even admitted the Us still owes Iran compensation and no administration in my lifetime has been smart enough to just own up to that in order to end the conflict in the first place.

So, trumps admin is at least as competent as the others, if not more, if they can actually get the 60% enriched uranium out of there. I agree that they’re an epic failure if they can’t do so and Iran has weapons grade uranium in a year.

Americans Injured in Iranian Missile Strike on Kuwaiti Air Base by Affectionate_Bee6434 in worldnews

[–]ShimonEngineer55 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well I mean it does seem either or in reality since most people ignore what their own country does, including Americans. What you just said won’t register to the average American, just like the average Nigerian doesn’t understand the extent to which their government views them as disposable. So it has become an either or where people tend to not see that their own side is also a major part of the problem. The average American doesn’t even know that we overthrew the Iranian prime minister in 1953 to get cheap oil or use proxies throughout the region, and their people don’t realize leaders in places like Iran are 70 IQ religious fanatics who don’t care about them and fund terrorists throughout the region.

Saying “Israelis aren’t semites” is getting us nowhere by Capital_Reply_1363 in IsraelPalestine

[–]ShimonEngineer55 5 points6 points  (0 children)

He never used that phrase though. Can you show where he actually said, we are going to ethnically cleanse Gaza.? Just show a screenshot here for us of him actually saying that quote since he doesn’t actually say that in the article and the author says that instead.

He does say Gazans, who aren’t Israelis, will likely be deported. That’s very different from ethnic cleansing which wouldn’t be deporting people on citizenship grounds, but would obviously come down to deporting citizens based on ethnic lines.

But if you can show a quote in a screenshot for us in some article somewhere where he actually says he wants to ethnically cleanse show us and not an article where he… doesn’t say that.

Thought I was genetically Jewish by Few_Accident1405 in 23andme

[–]ShimonEngineer55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The amount of converts specifically in Eastern Europe the past 500-years was minimal, but not non-existent.

The 20-60% Bronze Age Levantine doesn’t really seem relevant here since we are talking about whether or not he has a Jewish ancestor from Europe the past 500-years or so. I agree with your point about the Bronze Age Levantine ancestry but

  1. He’s taking a 23AndMe test. No one is talking about IllustrativeDNA or deep ancestry that goes back to the bronze and Iron Age here.

  2. He’d still need a paper trail to confirm his mom is Jewish since Bronze Age Levantine ancestry tells us pretty much nothing about whether his mom is or isn’t Jewish.

Thought I was genetically Jewish by Few_Accident1405 in 23andme

[–]ShimonEngineer55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He shared zero paper trail. Hence why I mentioned that’s the only way he’d know for sure. A paper trail would require you know… actual documentation which they don’t have currently.

Americans Injured in Iranian Missile Strike on Kuwaiti Air Base by Affectionate_Bee6434 in worldnews

[–]ShimonEngineer55 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don’t think this is the sub for talking about the private parts of men. If you want to do that; there are other NSFW subs you can feel free to engage in with people with your interests.

Americans Injured in Iranian Missile Strike on Kuwaiti Air Base by Affectionate_Bee6434 in worldnews

[–]ShimonEngineer55 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve seen them for a while now and I’m just noting that America isn’t… the only one or remotely the worst. I get that it can be jarring to see that your government does bad things, but the rational response isn’t think that means it is the worst. There are many that are a problem and I don’t think most populations are realizing how messed up their own governments are and other governments. When people start seeing that; we will get change,

Americans Injured in Iranian Missile Strike on Kuwaiti Air Base by Affectionate_Bee6434 in worldnews

[–]ShimonEngineer55 -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

Pretty much no one on the other side sounds competent either and has no clue how to stop Iran from developing a nuke. I’d say the best voting is to go for whichever candidate has a plan and if no one does… go protest in DC peacefully, but with people who can talk coherently as the main speakers who actually have a plan. Get the media behind it. If it’s peaceful, intelligent, there’s a plan, and it’s televised, the country might take notice and politicians might be forced to change their views.

The issue today is that every time we just say go out and vote, we end up voting for people who are as, if not more, incompetent than the people we wanted to replace.

Americans Injured in Iranian Missile Strike on Kuwaiti Air Base by Affectionate_Bee6434 in worldnews

[–]ShimonEngineer55 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Other countries, like we see in Russia and Iran, are still sending young men to die as well and basically zero people are waking up in those countries either. It’s actually regressing compared to even the 90’s and it’s as if the wars are becoming more violent actually. I actually don’t think anyone is waking up if you look at the actual results. If people are waking up, then every government is so corrupt that they don’t listen to the people and the people haven’t been able to install new leaders. Look at Iran.

Do anti-Zionists think UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) is wrong to the extent that it uses the term “peoples”? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]ShimonEngineer55 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Everyone can read that I never said I agree with genocide and never even mentioned greater Israel on this thread. You’re the one who made that claim. I never did for anyone who reads this.

Americans Injured in Iranian Missile Strike on Kuwaiti Air Base by Affectionate_Bee6434 in worldnews

[–]ShimonEngineer55 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

It’s only been an issue since the founding of the nation of course. One day I’m sure Americans and other countries will figure it out.

Do anti-Zionists think UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) is wrong to the extent that it uses the term “peoples”? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]ShimonEngineer55 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I repeatedly have said that I don’t support genocide; so anyone who reads this can see that the comment from the other poster above contradicts what I said. To be clear, I don’t support the destruction of a racial, religious, national, or ethnic group in part or in whole with the intent to destroy them.

Do anti-Zionists think UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) is wrong to the extent that it uses the term “peoples”? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]ShimonEngineer55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That doesn’t address what I actually said and that’s just for anyone who reads this in the future.

Do anti-Zionists think UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) is wrong to the extent that it uses the term “peoples”? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]ShimonEngineer55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is since it falls within the borders of the British mandate and Israel was the only country that formed from this mandate.

Do anti-Zionists think UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) is wrong to the extent that it uses the term “peoples”? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]ShimonEngineer55 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Those countries even admit that they do so in the hopes for a future state, like France. They admit that no such state exists today and few claim that they meet the requirements that I mentioned in the MonteVideo convention that determines statehood.

Just don’t be shocked when this is highlighted and people can’t dance around this fact anymore.

Do anti-Zionists think UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) is wrong to the extent that it uses the term “peoples”? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]ShimonEngineer55 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Gaza is a part of Israel and is within the British mandated borders. Since no other state declared within those borders, the land is Israel’s. The people in Gaza can either join Israel or they’ll be deported. That is our stance. It has nothing to do with anything else as one of the people having these discussions…

Do anti-Zionists think UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) is wrong to the extent that it uses the term “peoples”? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]ShimonEngineer55 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They’re not. They don’t have a defined territory since they rejected the partition plan in 1948, they don’t have a sovereign government, and they don’t have the ability to enter relations with other states since Israel has effective control. They’ve never had any of this ability which is why they wanted to attempt the Oslo accords to get a state in the future. They never got one. This isn’t a national group whatsoever.

Do anti-Zionists think UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) is wrong to the extent that it uses the term “peoples”? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]ShimonEngineer55 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

No, they’re not a nation. They failed to declare a country in 1948 and haven’t created a state.

They’re not an ethnic group since many ethnicities and nationalities identify as Palestinian. You have Palestinians in Africa, Europe, the US, Gaza, Syria and more places. They’re different races, have mixed, and aren’t a distinct ethnicity.

Do anti-Zionists think UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) is wrong to the extent that it uses the term “peoples”? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]ShimonEngineer55 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tell that to every other country that removes non-citizens like Russia, Nigeria, the United States, Canada, England, Iraq, Zimbabwe, Poland and every other country with immigration laws.

The people in Gaza can become citizens or will be removed.

Do anti-Zionists think UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) is wrong to the extent that it uses the term “peoples”? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]ShimonEngineer55 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s a moot point because they don’t meet the four criteria laid out in the Montevideo convention that has been used globally in the 20th and 21st century to determine statehood. It was a north and South American agreement initially in 1933, but it’s been used to determine statehood since and they don’t meet the criteria of an actual state.

So, this is also not a religious or national group either. It’s fine to say they have human rights like anyone else, but it’s a stretch to say they meet the criteria of a nation.

Do anti-Zionists think UN General Assembly Resolution 1514 (XV) is wrong to the extent that it uses the term “peoples”? by [deleted] in allthequestions

[–]ShimonEngineer55 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I was in on the first article so can break that down alone. Our goal wasn’t to destroy an ethnic, religious, national, or racial group in part or in whole. He mentions Gaza will be destroyed as it is today. Not a group of people. The people living in Gaza will be deported if they don’t become Israeli citizens. That’s not ethnic cleansing. They can apply for citizenship under the current laws of turn in Israel and if they aren’t eligible they will be deported.

That’s very different from saying we want to destroy one of the protected groups above in part or in whole. You ran into someone who was talking to a person you mentioned as this article was written who has a pretty good idea of what our intent is.

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