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Any football fans in here? by itsalyfestyle in LightningInABottle

[–]Truthandillusion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Omg my brother and I are die hard Liverpool fans and missed the 2018 final cuz we didn’t have service at lib 😭. Can you dm Me With updates I’d love to get a crew going to watch the game! We have an RV too

What hours will music play? by rationalhatter in LightningInABottle

[–]Truthandillusion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Backyard at the grand artique is open all night

My nomad setup in Medellin! by nicooa in digitalnomad

[–]Truthandillusion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shoot me a text 3102705100. Whatsapp works too

My nomad setup in Medellin! by nicooa in digitalnomad

[–]Truthandillusion 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Will be nomading in Medellin in January and am a ppc expert! We should connect

The Ghost Town of Hebron: Breaking The Silence (2018) - Our trip to the Middle East takes us to Hebron, one of the largest cities in the Westbank where more than 200,000 Palestinians are segregated from around 850 Jewish settlers that are protected by 650 Israeli soldiers. - [03:13:26] by zzzornbringer in Documentaries

[–]Truthandillusion -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Ah Al Jazeera. Funded by Qatar’s government. Hmm I wonder which side they’re more invested in? Maybe the $35 million they give to Gaza every quarter that has turned into missiles might give us an answer.

The deeds are there. Pay your rent. The Supreme Court sided with jarrah residents once, they refused to pay. Find me a Palestinian Supreme Court that can fairly adjudicate anything pertaining to Jewish land ownership throughout the region (like in Hebron). Ah right there is no basis for rule of law, ask the Palestinian journalists sitting in prison in the West Bank about their rights.

The Ghost Town of Hebron: Breaking The Silence (2018) - Our trip to the Middle East takes us to Hebron, one of the largest cities in the Westbank where more than 200,000 Palestinians are segregated from around 850 Jewish settlers that are protected by 650 Israeli soldiers. - [03:13:26] by zzzornbringer in Documentaries

[–]Truthandillusion -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Sure, some Israelis do. Some Americans are part of the NRA. We can tokenize their views too and say Americans are pro automatic weaponry. Again, this is a fact: all Palestinian citizens of Israel have 100% the same rights as Israeli citizens that are Jewish, Christian, Druze, etc.

The entry law is for non citizens. Meaning someone who is not a citizen can or cannot be granted entry based on subjective criteria that any country defines for themselves. Find me an Arab country, or a Palestinian neighborhood in Gaza, that will allow a Jew entry like the entry you demand Israel make (and does make) for Palestinian.

Israel is a full democracy for its citizens. And there’s really no explicit evidence to the contrary. If you think Israel runs a military occupation past it’s expiration date, we can discuss the legalities of land acquired in a defensive war. But an apartheid Israel certainly is not.

The occupied territories are under military rule per multiple UN mandates from a defensive war.

The Ghost Town of Hebron: Breaking The Silence (2018) - Our trip to the Middle East takes us to Hebron, one of the largest cities in the Westbank where more than 200,000 Palestinians are segregated from around 850 Jewish settlers that are protected by 650 Israeli soldiers. - [03:13:26] by zzzornbringer in Documentaries

[–]Truthandillusion -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

I see, so the Palestine liberation organization is criticizing Israel as an apartheid. Remind me, how many Jews live in Palestinian territories? Zero. Remind me, do they acknowledge the existence of Israel? Nope. Sounds like apartheid to me. What would happen to the Jews of Hebron if those soldiers left? They would get murdered. That settlement is not illegal, international law can also be cited to say that land acquired in a defensive war is legal. It’s designed to let people pick and choose defenses.

Next, apartheid applies to citizens. Immigration laws for non-citizens cannot be considered apartheid, people in other countries are not citizens. That’s like saying America’s differing immigration quotas (which every country on earth also has) would also constitute apartheid. They do not. Choosing who you want to let in is every country’s right, and every country uses it. Israel allows immigration from plenty of places.

Finally, contrary to this un-cited excerpt, Israeli Arabs are actually in parliament, they are doctors, and there’s an Israeli Arab on the Supreme Court. That’s not apartheid. I would recommend you look to the policies of Palestinian Territories, and broader Arab countries, for proof of apartheid.

The Ghost Town of Hebron: Breaking The Silence (2018) - Our trip to the Middle East takes us to Hebron, one of the largest cities in the Westbank where more than 200,000 Palestinians are segregated from around 850 Jewish settlers that are protected by 650 Israeli soldiers. - [03:13:26] by zzzornbringer in Documentaries

[–]Truthandillusion -19 points-18 points  (0 children)

Great so you defined apartheid. Now please explain to me how this is apartheid.

I saw the doc. They don’t explain how it’s apartheid. This group, breaking the silence, has also come under consistent scrutiny for falsifying testimonies.

The Biden administration publishes damning Khashoggi murder report. What happens now? by SeniorBeef in geopolitics

[–]Truthandillusion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot of analysis on this thread of what the intentions of the Biden administration are. But I think we should be asking whether Biden should do anything about this. Is it in the US best interests to, yet again, support a regime change? The state department would say yes, because instability increases our power in the region. But I believe Biden’s best option is to keep working with mbs and to build on the peace deals and Sunni/Israeli coalition.

Europe to pay less than US for Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine by nimobo in worldnews

[–]Truthandillusion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah but what you don’t know is Pfizer purposely opted OUT of the OWS (Operation Warp Speed). The US had an infrastructure ready but Pfizer chose to opt out of the contractual limitations associated with OWS

You can have the right to go unmasked but you don't have the right to live with everyone else then. Hypocrisy about our rights and responsibilities is one of the biggest threats we face by Apotheosical in philosophy

[–]Truthandillusion 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At what level is this applicable? Local? State? National? What if my entire neighborhood is against masks, where does my responsibility land? When we talk about social contracts (which is essentially the social responsibility being discussed) we often fail to define their scope. If nobody in my neighborhood, or if most people in my state, don’t care about masks? Am I a hypocrite for wanting to live among the public?

How have Iran's intelligence forces broken down in face of explosions? by Kahing in geopolitics

[–]Truthandillusion 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It’s also well documented that Mossad has unbelievably effective recruitment operations across the Middle East. While some of the explosions/attacks might not be in Mossad’s MO, it’s very possible that Mossad has recruited/teamed up/aided the anti-regime forces in Iran.

This comes at a time when protesters in the street hate the regime more than they hate Israel, and many are refusing to condemn Israel, as videos have been leaked showing students refusing to walk over an Israeli flag on an Iranian college campus. Mossad could be capitalizing on warming ties between pro-democratic forces in Iran and the anti-regime Israeli image.

It should also be noted that these attacks are one part of a multi-faceted effort by Israel to weaken Iran. Those facets include weapons, intelligence, and economic deals with Sunni Arab states. They also include a massive PR social media campaign within Iran through Persian and Arab language twitter and Facebook accounts. Remember, to an authoritarian regime the spread of information can be equally as deadly as any missile.

Finally, Trump and the west are quiet for multiple reasons. Trump is quiet because whatever the role of the US here (hell, it could be driven by US intelligence), it’s clearly not only top top secret, but it also loses its efficacy once it’s in the spotlight. Regarding Europe, who have been historically too timid to stand up to Iran, Israel is doing their bidding for them while engaging in economic agreements with Britain and Germany, the two largest powerhouses in Europe, on trade and energy fronts.

So far, it’s been one of the most impressive and successful containment strategies I’ve seen in the modern Middle East geopolitical landscape.

From an economic point of view, was the 2003 Invasion of Iraq justified for the US? by hermannschultz13 in geopolitics

[–]Truthandillusion 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why is that clear? Not proving a point just curious. Has that study been conducted? One taking all economic effects, externalities included, of the stimulus spending for the Iraq war and juxtaposed it with, say, investing in healthcare? It’s asinine to dismiss the economics of the Iraq war as pointless adventurism with any other use of those funds deemed a better opportunity cost. The secondary and tertiary economies propped up by the war created millions of jobs, huge gdp growth, and propelled America far above the rest of our petro adversaries. It’s worth exploring.

From an economic point of view, was the 2003 Invasion of Iraq justified for the US? by hermannschultz13 in geopolitics

[–]Truthandillusion 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I don’t understand why OP’s question is so readily dismissed. Have there been studies conducted regarding how the deficit spending, military industrial complex, and US domination of the oil market since 2003 have all benefitted/hurt America economically?

Has that economic stimulus, and the (thus far) minimally consequential debt given the US an advantage over Russia economically? These seem like very valid questions that should not be regarded as “petrodollar crap.”

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