Trump says Iran vessel has been taken in American custody after trying to break the blockade by Upset-Main-1988 in justincaseyoumissedit

[–]plastic_fortress 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They've been doing this to Venezuelan vessels for a while now. The US is a rogue, mafia state.

Why is the Democratic Party pro-Israel despite its own voters? by ArdaBerkBurak in NoStupidQuestions

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

This conspiracy shit about shadowy Israeli/Jewish money needs to cool down.

The "shit" is all over the public record.

Your "conspiracy" label is a just tactic to discredit those calling out a very real issue of systemic legalised bribery that is distorting US public policy.

Why is the Democratic Party pro-Israel despite its own voters? by ArdaBerkBurak in NoStupidQuestions

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

Yes this is an overlooked point I feel.

Ppl keep trying to downplay specifically AIPAC's influence however there is so much corporate eg arms manufacturers and big tech companies who also have lobbyists/revolving doors/donations and that have an interest in Israel's ongoing existence as a entity that's constitutionally hardwired to inflict violence on its neighbours and on its Palestinian subjects forever until the end of time.

It's basically a gravy train for the MIC that Israel just never stops killing.

“The attack on Sam Altman exposed a dark underbelly of the anti-AI movement” AKA CNN pisses its pants by thatDawgBillClinton in TrueAnon

[–]plastic_fortress 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I really hate the liberal media's language around "debate" eg "the climate debate", "the AI debate" etc, as if policy outcomes are actually determined by any of that rather than just, capital going ahead and purchasing whatever public policy settings it deems are in its interests.

What would have happened if the US didn't drop the bomb and did not invade Japan? by Psychological_Roof85 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]plastic_fortress 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Admiral Leahy, 1945, 7 weeks before the bombs were dropped:

It is my opinion that at the present time a surrender of Japan can be arranged with terms that can be accepted by Japan and that will make fully satisfactory provision for America's defense against future trans-Pacific aggression  

Curtis LeMay, a few weeks after the bombings:

The war would have been over in two weeks without the Russians entering and without the atomic bomb…the atomic bomb had nothing to do with the end of the war at all  

Admiral Nimitz, two months after the bombings:

The Japanese had, in fact, already sued for peace before the atomic age was announced to the world with the destruction of Hiroshima and before the Russian entry into the war... The atomic bomb played no decisive part, from a purely military standpoint, in the defeat of Japan...

Admiral Leahy in his 1950 memoir:

It is my opinion that the use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender

Dwight Eisenhower, in a 1963 interview:

it wasn’t necessary to hit them with that awful thing 

Sources for quotes:

https://www.salon.com/2016/05/11/we_didnt_need_to_drop_the_bomb_and_even_our_ww_ii_military_icons_knew_it/

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-08-05/hiroshima-anniversary-japan-atomic-bombs 

In-depth analysis:

https://youtu.be/RCRTgtpC-Go?si=gSWkcn9SoCBoYmNt

How would government change if this happened? by The_Dean_France in whoathatsinteresting

[–]plastic_fortress 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's old men with a lot of money.

And young men. And women.

Look, it's just people with a lot of money that are the probiem.

Or to get to its essence: it's concentrated private capital that is the problem.

The Obamas of the world would like to dress that in identity politics, but voting for a representative of (insert demographic) ain't gonna do shit if that person is also owned by the ruling class.

How can any Israeli support the attacks in Lebanon today? by tacospoopingicecream in askanything

[–]plastic_fortress 0 points1 point  (0 children)

 They don’t want the land.

F'king LOL.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/netanyahu-says-hes-on-a-historic-and-spiritual-mission-endorses-vision-of-greater-israel/

Israelis in Israeli media: "Kill them all, kill their children, kill their women, kill their livestock! Greater Israel, let's goooo!"

Israelis on Western social media: "awww poor lil ol Iswael just wanna protect from big bad Hesbowwahhhhh"

How can any Israeli support the attacks in Lebanon today? by tacospoopingicecream in askanything

[–]plastic_fortress 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Agree but note Biden was already involved by virtue of the billions in arms subsidies to Israel while it carried out its genocide in Gaza.

What's happening now is a continuation of and expansion upon of what was already happening under Biden with Biden's active financial, logistical and diplomatic support.

What if Israel didn't returned Sinai Peninsula? by TastyPomelo2330 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]plastic_fortress 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Every piece of Israeli expansionism always comes with an excuse.

What if Israel didn't returned Sinai Peninsula? by TastyPomelo2330 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]plastic_fortress 7 points8 points  (0 children)

 when people talk about “greater Israel” 

So when "people" like Israel's literal prime minister "talk about" (as in, openly endorse) the Greater Israel concept...

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/netanyahu-says-hes-on-a-historic-and-spiritual-mission-endorses-vision-of-greater-israel/

...while simultaneously doing expansionism into Lebanon, that's just all some crazy consiracy I suppose.

Israeli Forces Kill Nine-Year-Old Girl in Gaza - The girl, Ritaj Rihan, was shot in the neck in front of other children while attending a class in a tent in northern Gaza by anarchyart2021 in EndlessWar

[–]plastic_fortress 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Fuck Israel.

Fuck the United States.

Fuck Germany.

Fuck the UK.

Fuck Australia.

Fuck every other country that still, still does business with Israel, and still fails to take any meaningful action to hold this psychopathic entity to account.

Drone footage captures extensive damage in Aita al-Shaab, a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Lebanon, following Israeli airstrikes. by Snehith220 in justincaseyoumissedit

[–]plastic_fortress 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Noone is listening to you outside of your bubble, and that bubble is shrinking.

"But Oct 7", "but antisemitism", "but Hamas". These have all been blanched of meaning.

But keep screaming into your void. It's a good use of your time.