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1. 1 day ago on Ted Rall

   I don’t see your post either, which makes my reply seem out of place. I suppose that it was a moderator.

2. 4 days ago on Ted Rall

   MAGA = cruelty and disregard for international law at our border, which weakens our borders. MAGA = weaken our security by attacking NATO and by having a president indebted to both Putin (for loans from Russian banks) and Xi (from businesses in China). MAGA = discrimination against gays. MAGA = divide by race and religion, attacking Mexicans, Africans, Chinese, non-Christians. MAGA = voter suppression measures designed to impact likely Democratic voters. MAGA = supporting a sunsetting wannabe dictator who slurred his way through his last campaign rally with phrases like ‘carry-dite-bye-raye-sigh-en’, thought O.J. was at the rally, confused Beijing with Taiwan, and praised Hannibal Lecter. MAGA = use the justice department to harass political opponents (like Clinton) and campaign on jailing political opponents (“lock her up”).

3. 4 days ago on Ted Rall

   Hamas is using both Israeli hostages and Palestinian civilians as human shields.

4. 4 days ago on Ted Rall

   I doubt that oil in Gaza or Israel has anything to do with it. The estimated value of the oil and natural gas on the coast outside Gaza is about a few billion dollars. For comparison, the top leaders of Hamas have personal fortunes worth more than that (from skimming off Gaza reparation funds) and Israel has likely spent about ten times that on the war.

5. 4 days ago on Ted Rall

   They said the same thing when the US went after ISIS, and ISIS didn’t come back. In addition, the last 20 years show that Israel will never have security with Hamas next door.

6. about 2 months ago on Gaturro

   Fugazzeta is a cheese-stuffed pizza from Argentina that’s topped with caramelized onions.

7. about 2 months ago on Ted Rall

   If you search “IDF had no plan for responding to a Hamas attack of October 7’s magnitude”, the first deployment was 7:43am, a little over an hour, not 7 hours later. Driving from Jerusalem to Gaza might take 2 hours for a car in perfect conditions, but longer for a tank, counting calling up the crew, preparation time, lower speed, and driving under missile fire.

8. about 2 months ago on Ted Rall

   google for “Hamas casualty numbers are ‘statistically impossible’”

9. about 2 months ago on Ted Rall

   why did Israel army take so long to respond: 1/ It was a Jewish holiday when many people, including reservists, were traveling or partying, 2/ they had moved forces to the West Bank because there had been an uptick in Palestinian terrorist acts there, and they expected something during the holidays, 3/ Netanyahu’s legal issues were a national distraction, and 4/ to hold a political coalition to remain in power, Netanyahu replaced some top military officers with party members with no military experience.

10. 3 months ago on Ted Rall

    > I can’t see the difference between that and what you said just there about Hamas. It’s the same mind-set.

    It is a bad mindset, and the difference is that the US isn’t doing it (which is why the thread that you read said that the US needs to re-instigate the draft, etc. instead of saying that the US is …). The US right campaigns on increasing military funding and on increasing military presence (using the military to suppress demonstrations, using the military on the border, invading Mexico, etc.). Hamas is an example what happens when right wing fascists, particularly religious-based right wing fascists get into power. The US is facing that now with Trump, who claims to be a savior, and our current House speaker, who claims that God wants him to be a ‘New Moses’.As for Russia, Russia has made no secret that after it takes over Ukraine, it will continue to other reclaim other former USSR countries, some of which we have mutual defense treaties with through NATO. Giving Ukraine what it wants could help prevent a situation where we are obligated to send soldiers to fight in Europe.As for Vietnam, I was there on vacation three years ago. The war was a mess, and I had expected in general that Vietnamese would hate Americans (except for the money that tourists spend), but people in the south were on average positive about the US role in the war and mostly sorry that they lost because even so many years after unification, the communist government puts most government spending in the former north, leaving the infrastructure in the former south in bad condition, and corrupt government officials require businesses to pay protection money.