2024 ELECTION THREAD
The next presidential race will be here soon! Please see current Bovada odds. Thoughts?
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In 1900 the British protected Palestinians in their home.
In 1940s the Jewish people moved to Palestine from around the world (prob not Ethiopia)
In 1940-1950s these same Jewish people fought a paramilitary conflict against the British who were protecting the Palestinians. 50 British troops were killed, thousands were involved on each side. The British were eventually routed and the Jews took control of Palestine.
Israel performs the nakba on Palestinians
Let’s get the facts straight before we begin.
lol ok
I c.
So... my hypothetical is exactly what happened... Palestine will continue to fire rockets and kill people. They are your neighbors. What do you do?
I assume you're a young person. This isn't the rich white people, vs the poor brown people, that it gets propagandized about to young people on social media. This is a long history of violence PREDOMINANTLY by one side, with a moral false equivalency that's a chasm to cross.
I'm very much aware of the complicated history. Does re-litigating it help at all in this current situation? I'm talking about based on what is ACTUALLY happening right now.
Who kidnapped, rapped and killed women and teens on the other countries home soil? Could you ever imagine Israel being the first mover actor in this situation?
I'll give you a hint... no... it does not happen.
Are you saying that Israel hasn't kidnapped, raped, and killed people?
Correct... I'm saying, Israel hasn't gone into Palestine and initiated these kinds of things. As a democratic culture, they also hold people who do these things accountable in their own country. That is not the case in Palestine, where women are treated as objects.
Not in this thread
I get it... I understand that this is a difficult situation to grasp, and that it can appear like one side is just blowing the other side away.
That's why I asked my hypothetical. Israel is NOT starting these wars. Remind me, who ceded their position on the west bank? Remind me, who has tried to settle these disputes in good faith, and who has turned those requests down?
If you have a neighbor who will not negotiate in good faith, and continually shoots rockets into your country, and it's part of their religion to destroy non-believers... what do you do?
Stop.....
Move your discussion NOW
+2 would flip AZ, PA, and NV (Kamala is barely ahead in those states per 538.com) and make MI, WI, VA, ME District 2 extremely close and GA and FL long shots.
The above doesn't count potential gains from the DNC so I have no idea what will happen. In this past week Kamala has basically stayed where she was in most swing states but has already dropped about half a point to a point in GA, MI, and PA.
RFK Jr is definitely batsh*t crazy. How he could support Trump is beyond me. Especially given who his father was. But if that was his title I would make sure he was doing his job from within the cages...
Because you disagree?
I mean that's fine... we can move it.
And I also agree... most people don't have the FACTS. They are operating on pure emotion, that WAR is bad, peace is good without considering one side has ZERO intention of peace... ever.
I watched some of the DNC speeches, something I've never done before. I have to say, there were some damn good speeches. Both Obamas killed it. Clinton was good but, damn, he looks old now. The tone was really upbeat and positive, no fear mongering.
I kind of wished (well, maybe not?) I had watched the RNC as well, just to compare.
ok well then I would like to see Kamala use her influence to work towards ending this conflict (and the one in Ukraine for that matter) or at least indicate that she intends to. instead, well we all see what is going on at the DNC right now and its one of the most digusting displays of warmonger that I have ever seen.
anyway, this is the election thread and thats what it would take to get my vote.
She has.
I don't think you've watched anything from the DNC if you think that.
Sounds like you'll be voting for Kamala then.
not with an insane platform like this
I have no idea what possible problem you could have with that. I would ask you to clarify, but we've been asked to no longer discuss this topic here, so I will not. It's time for me to just move on and consider you a lost cause.
You're just now figuring that out?
No.
There is a current thread already to hash out this topic
I don't recall interacting with this particular user before, so I'm not really sure.
liberals are against all war, except the current one(s). it really never fails.
Republicans control the congress. The money wouldn’t be sent without their approval. And if anything, they want an even more brutal war. The people calling for a ceasefire are the Democrats, not Republicans.
Also this is a rather weird take on the whole situation. Hamas committed a violent terrorist attack, Israel responded. Do I support everything they have done? No. Do I think Netanyahu wants to prolong the war? Plausible. But at the end of the day Hamas can stop this war by surrendering and giving back the hostages. Then once Hamas is out of power we can put pressure on Israel to agree to a two state solution.
I point out the hypocrisy of liberals and democrats. they would much prefer to
Uh yeah war is bad and it is awful but that’s not the same thing as never seeing a need to go to war. Why would anyone ever say that they would never support going to war ever?
it also wouldnt be sent without the Democrats. I dont care what the Repubs do.
the rest of your post belongs in the other thread.