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201. The US is protecting our interests there.. by supporting Israel

Sat Dec 28, 2024, 07:32 PM

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Who are our chief spies in the ME.

We pay big $$ for their intelligence in the region (and frankly they probably earn it). Jordan is a close second (and also gets big $$). Egypt is a grudging “ally” bought for many billions annually but at least they’ll now pretend to help us rather than outright terrorism - pretty sure the US counts that as “protecting our interests” too

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I am sick of the slaughter in Gaza [View all] malaise Thursday OP

The Palestinian terrorists releasing all of the hostages would likely go a long way to achieving this Jose Garcia Thursday #1

Obviously, Bebe doesn't care about the hostages womanofthehills Thursday #7

How did the need to get them back materialize? Beastly Boy Friday #64

But when you look at the news and the genocide do you recall? arthritisR_US Friday #72

Social and for-profit news media knows jack shit about genocide, Beastly Boy Friday #77

So who/where is your source of information? arthritisR_US Friday #81

It depends on what my purpose is. Beastly Boy Friday #95

And, after that, I still wait a few days, sometimes the "real" information takes awhile to come out. nt yagotme 59 min ago #226

I've given up. Voltaire2 Thursday #2

I've given up too. Last year at this time I tended to have Mike 03 Thursday #20

What one does depends on how important the issue is Kaleva Friday #83

The "American people" voted to let it go on... Wounded Bear Thursday #3

Would a Harris administration do more to stop it than Biden did? Martin Eden Friday #104

They've got their hotels and casinos designed and ready to go, as soon as the bloody mess is bulldozed over. msfiddlestix Friday #120

Who are "they"? Where are the designs? Beastly Boy Friday #122

There's a "concept" of a design. MarineCombatEngineer Friday #123

Oh... My bad. My total lack of compassion for humanity blinded me to a concept of a design. Shame on me. Beastly Boy Friday #124

..... msfiddlestix Friday #131

Well there's this guy: Dave Bowman Friday #140

So the "they" are just one guy. Beastly Boy Friday #163

It was an example, as you very well know. Dave Bowman Friday #170

An example of what? Beastly Boy Friday #176

Lol. Keep digging, Beast. Dave Bowman Friday #179

Stop Being Silly IamHappy Friday #180

Believe me, I am very serious. Beastly Boy Friday #181

Wait! H2O Man Friday #165

Of course, silly me. :) Dave Bowman Friday #168

I blame Hamas for hiding in, around and under its women and children. elias7 Thursday #4

Curious, no blame from you for the murderous warmongers Netanyahu/likud/IDF commanders who keep bombing the shit... brush Thursday #6

A curious deflection into something that's only been mentioned a couple of dozen times in this thread alone... Beastly Boy Friday #63

Which should tell you how biased, one-sided unfeeling and bereft of humanity your op is. Get a clue. brush Friday #65

Tell me more about the bias. and give more examples, please. Beastly Boy Friday #67

Oh, it's you, BB. I hadn't noticed before. I know ou're totally one-sided on the matter... brush Friday #69

My empathy is no one's business but my own. Beastly Boy Friday #73

Let's not go any further with this, pls. brush Friday #75

That is my wish, and I appreciate your offer. Beastly Boy Friday #79

"my empathy for Gazan civilians, in deed and not in word, is likely to exceed that of the most vocal performers here on Dave Bowman Yesterday #185

Here that whooshing sound going over your head? MarineCombatEngineer Yesterday #190

For some ForgedCrank Yesterday #194

For others, discerning between a logic-based opinion and a strawman argument is a real struggle. Beastly Boy 2 hrs ago #218

And my ForgedCrank 1 hr ago #223

...What was your point again? Beastly Boy 58 min ago #227

It is ForgedCrank 43 min ago #228

"Here* that whooshing sound going over your head?" Dave Bowman 1 hr ago #222

Wow!!!! MarineCombatEngineer 1 hr ago #224

No, but I certainly feel superior to the purveyors of performative outrage, and not just on DU. Beastly Boy Yesterday #193

Never malaise Yesterday #187

When America drs are seeing toddlers with gun shots in their heads womanofthehills Thursday #9

You are aware they came to power directly with Bibi support years ago? IbogaProject Thursday #12

Did you see these articles from Haaretz? people Thursday #13

This. So much this. ZRB Thursday #15

Israel imilitary just assumes that any Palestinian man is Hamas erodriguez Thursday #22

Israel's produced precious little evidence that snot Thursday #26

That didn't age well, did it?Less than 24 hours after the end of operation, the evidence. And it's just a start. Beastly Boy 1 hr ago #220

This message was self-deleted by its author spapeggy Thursday #27

What you write PhylliPretzel Thursday #30

Except confessions of Hamas leaders of doing just that. Beastly Boy Friday #71

Post those videos, we would like to see your proof. arthritisR_US Friday #80

If you insist. Beastly Boy Friday #96

"confessions of Hamas leaders" Dave Bowman Friday #87

Doesn't look like these Hamas terrorists are being tortured, does it? Beastly Boy Friday #97

This is a good example of non sequitur with a dash of Israeli propaganda and two scoops of bullshit in the mix. Dave Bowman Friday #137

Are you saying they DO look like they are being tortured? Beastly Boy Friday #142

I wasn't talking about these guys and your reply has nothing to do with the op. Dave Bowman Friday #147

Wait a minute... let me process this... was I supposed to reply to YOUR post with something that has to do with the OP Beastly Boy Friday #156

"your ridiculous presumption that ALL of them were tortured?" Dave Bowman Friday #166

Why a diversion all of a sudden? Beastly Boy Friday #173

This doesn't work for BB any more uponit7771 Thursday #32

Look what you made us do" is the mentality of abusers & psychopaths. Avalon Sparks Thursday #42

I blame the gullible and/or complicit for uncritically spewing Israeli propaganda. AloeVera Thursday #56

Don't support Starbucks either, every cup of beverage purchased, a percentage goes to Israel. People akbacchus_BC Friday #111

Are you telling me there are still progressive types overpaying for that muddy piss just to show off? Beastly Boy Friday #125

Spot on! thank you. comradebillyboy Friday #113

Congo and Darfur are much more concerning Fichefinder Thursday #5

No place is more concerning than the other womanofthehills Thursday #10

Uh huh. How curious far worse slaughters NEVER get mentioned Arazi Thursday #11

Excellent observation. There are any number of comradebillyboy Friday #115

Then please do post some OPs on them iemanja Friday #85

Nobody really cares about those places because comradebillyboy Friday #116

We cared about Iraq iemanja Friday #145

No words for Sudan again I see... Arazi Thursday #8

I'm curious quakerboy Thursday #19

The OP is about the slaughter of innocents Arazi Thursday #21

The dead and hungry quakerboy Thursday #41

US involvement isn't the point of the OP however Arazi Thursday #43

Id say it is. quakerboy Thursday #48

Why can't we effect change in Darfur? Or Congo? Arazi Thursday #49

How? quakerboy Friday #74

Removing US aid would not stop Israeli action in Gaza Arazi Friday #92

I dont agree. Period. quakerboy Friday #134

I just did a search under your name for Darfur, Congo, and Sudan iemanja Friday #82

It's not about *my* fixation Arazi Friday #93

Your singular point iemanja Friday #144

It's a very short post and not difficult to read iemanja Friday #78

Again I repeat, it's not *my* fixation Arazi Friday #94

You're the one continually raising it as an excuse. iemanja Friday #143

I'm curious sarisataka Thursday #23

There is a difference in power over the situation, in my perception quakerboy Thursday #40

No, but it makes us as taxpayers complicit in the genocide iemanja Friday #84

Just to show how superficial and fallacious this argument is, Beastly Boy Friday #99

62,000 is the number of dead I see for Sudan womanofthehills Thursday #53

Sudan: "..up to 150,000 people had been killed in the conflict across the country." EX500rider Friday #66

Whataboutism iemanja Friday #76

me too BlueWaveNeverEnd Thursday #14

Why do posts like this never mention Hamas? perdita9 Thursday #16

Because Hamas are "freedom fighters like Mandela" BannonsLiver Thursday #37

Hamas: mr715 Thursday #52

Because it's not a war - it's a one way slaughter womanofthehills Thursday #54

So who's been killing IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians? Beastly Boy Friday #62

Hamas and Hezbollah did not form in a political vacuum. lees1975 Friday #70

Of course not. They wouldn't exist if Iran didn't prop them up in their quest to destabilize the entire region. Beastly Boy Friday #102

The reason for their formation and existence was present long before Iran got involved. lees1975 Friday #114

Hamas was founded in 1987. Hezbollah was founded in 1985. Beastly Boy Friday #119

I think you are well aware of the reason. Just as an example, after Oct 7, there was sparce condemnation of what Hamas JohnSJ Friday #106

Great post. MarineCombatEngineer Friday #117

Because now it's not Hamas doing the slaughtering? AloeVera Friday #157

You are presuming that hiding among civilians in humanitarian zones is not an atrocity. Beastly Boy 1 hr ago #225

It is a reason there will never be peace. Violence begets violence and revenge seems to be a basic human instinct. surfered Thursday #17

real talk: no one. quakerboy Thursday #18

K&R 2naSalit Thursday #24

The bib got dump elected. Clouds Passing Thursday #25

Others want credit as well sarisataka Thursday #35

Hamas is going to stop "Bibi and the Complicit West" by returning the hostages. maxsolomon Thursday #28

I gave up on Israel when Bibi MuchBetterThanThis Thursday #29

Aid enid602 Thursday #39

The hostages have been in the terror tunnels for well over a year. Richard D Thursday #31

Someone give Israel their own planet, in another galaxy please Avalon Sparks Thursday #45

If you can't care about the hostages Hamas took, you can't care about the civilians killed in the war either NickB79 Thursday #46

You're right . . . Richard D Thursday #47

Oh I know revenge has nothing to do with it. Avalon Sparks Friday #89

This word salad is as meaningless as it is familiar. Beastly Boy Friday #105

It infuriates me. AloeVera Friday #127

Ah so Jewish people defending themselves is pure evil. ZRB Friday #139

Evil is evil, even when Jews are committing it. AloeVera Friday #153

So, you agree then, that Hamas is very evil? yagotme 29 min ago #229

Wanna cracker, Polly? Dave Bowman Friday #183

"False atrocity propaganda" . . . Richard D Friday #148

Touched a nerve... AloeVera Friday #155

Pathetic Avalon Sparks Friday #162

Thank you for this. AloeVera 10 hrs ago #212

New health dept report heading to the UN. (WARNING) Mosby 2 hrs ago #213

You and I both know that there are those who will deny this MarineCombatEngineer 2 hrs ago #214

Hi MCE. AloeVera 2 hrs ago #219

Hi AloeVera, MarineCombatEngineer 1 hr ago #221

Just be careful, that's how Willie Nelson got hurt,,, yagotme 25 min ago #230

Hitting the road again? AloeVera 13 min ago #231

Are you for real? Mossfern Friday #160

Plenty of information from reputable Human Rights organizations Avalon Sparks Friday #167

I'm talking about the atrocities of 10/7 Mossfern Friday #169

Here's your answer Avalon Sparks Friday #171

Uncaptured media Mossfern Friday #177

You hit the nail on the head. AloeVera Thursday #59

Excellent points AloeVera Avalon Sparks Friday #90

That's a gross overestimation. Beastly Boy Friday #108

The sad and harsh truth malaise Friday #100

That's the problem. You don't care enough to ask yourself what the reason for such discrepancy is. Beastly Boy Friday #101

Bingo. Cruelty is what netenyahu has unleashed on the Palestinians. That was his goal all along and akbacchus_BC Friday #112

If cruelty was his goal all along, Beastly Boy Friday #126

Everything you say is what Israel is doing to their prisoners womanofthehills Thursday #55

Who has the video? How many hostages are "many"? Beastly Boy Friday #109

And guess what? MarineCombatEngineer Friday #118

Ha. Only because there is video. AloeVera Friday #172

Ha!!! MarineCombatEngineer Friday #174

Some divides are chasms too wide and deep to bridge, MCE AloeVera Friday #184

I do love a good challenge. MarineCombatEngineer Yesterday #189

"Who is going to stop Bibi and the complicit West?" J_William_Ryan Thursday #33

This is, unfortunately, the way it is calguy Thursday #34

This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Thursday #36

This kind The Bopper Thursday #38

So am I. It's far past time for Hamas to surrender. tritsofme Thursday #44

You, my friend, are not the only one sick of the IDF shit! Genocide, plainly. Jit423 Thursday #50

THIS malaise Thursday #58

Answer: mr715 Thursday #51

What's the likelihood of that? AloeVera Thursday #57

As likely as democracy to win at home mr715 Friday #68

I don't see it. AloeVera Friday #159

And now they have bombed the last hospital malaise Yesterday #188

Three babies froze to death in the last few days. AloeVera Yesterday #192

Not to defend how out of proportion edhopper Thursday #60

Feeling pretty healthy about the far worse slaughter everywhere else? Beastly Boy Thursday #61

Bibi isn't at blame. He is responding to the threat to his people. Groundhawg Friday #86

I watched a great documentary the other evening. It's called "The Bibi Files". Dave Bowman Friday #88

Why the 7 Oct 2023 Attack in Southern Israel? C0RI0LANUS Friday #91

Are we justifyig hostage taking now? Beastly Boy Friday #110

Ask Donnie Blue_Tires Friday #98

Beyond sick. marble falls Friday #103

Netanyahu is setting up World War. Kid Berwyn Friday #107

Those that murder civilians are never the "Good Guys". Ping Tung Friday #121

What is your opinion about killing illegal combatants who commit a war crime of perfidy? Beastly Boy Friday #128

The same as my opinions about "legal" combatants who kill, starve, torture civilians. Ping Tung Friday #129

Which is... what, exactly? Beastly Boy Friday #130

That they're war criminals. Ping Tung Friday #132

Ok, I must have misunderstood the purpose of your post. Beastly Boy Friday #135

OK Mossfern Friday #161

The only thing that works in stopping a bully OP is ThePartyThatListens Friday #133

How about the Arab countries, get off their asses, and make some demands of Bibi, and rescue fellow Arabs? amuse bouche Friday #136

I believe that you have a good point. nt Dave Bowman Friday #138

You see there's a really good reason for that... ZRB Friday #141

Who is the pro-Hamas crowd? iemanja Friday #146

I don't know what else to call people parroting Hamas propaganda ZRB Friday #150

Systematically bombing hospitals is mass murder iemanja Friday #154

What systematic bombing of hospitals? ZRB Friday #178

There are 22 Arab countries amuse bouche Yesterday #191

Everywhere I look...I see HAMAS! Lemons UK Friday #149

I hate it too, but it isn't just Bibi and the west. 58Sunliner Friday #151

Hamas can stop it's terrorist activities. nycbos Friday #152

No one in power cares... WarGamer Friday #158

And I'm sick of the anti Israel propaganda posted here. MarineCombatEngineer Friday #164

"anti Israel propaganda posted here" Dave Bowman Friday #182

Genocide and war crimes malaise 2 hrs ago #216

Sorry, not buying what you're trying to sell here. nt MarineCombatEngineer 2 hrs ago #217

Am I lost? LiberaBlueDem Friday #175

Yes, unfortunately I noticed that also. That's a damn shame. Dave Bowman Yesterday #186

Democrats aren't pacifists. Mosby 19 hrs ago #200

The continued slaughter is no longer self defense within the confines of this current war Martin Eden 23 hrs ago #195

Israel should continue to degrade Hamas Mosby 22 hrs ago #196

"They don't want a country, they want to destroy Israel." Martin Eden 22 hrs ago #199

I think Native Americans might have come to that conclusion too. y AloeVera 17 hrs ago #203

Native Americans, in their desperation and grief, turned to the Ghost Dance. Martin Eden 15 hrs ago #206

Sometimes words can't either. AloeVera 12 hrs ago #211

A very thoughtful response malaise 22 hrs ago #197

The US is protecting our interests there.. by supporting Israel Arazi 17 hrs ago #201

But no issue with the higher death counts in other recent wars? EX500rider 22 hrs ago #198

Gaza is the worst slaughter of civilians in a "war" by any measure in the last 20 years or more. AloeVera 17 hrs ago #202

So killing 10 people in a country with 20 people would be worse then killing 3 million in a country with 23 million? EX500rider 16 hrs ago #204

Lol!! AloeVera 16 hrs ago #205

Lets use the UN number maybe? EX500rider 14 hrs ago #207

I thought your side didn't trust the UN. AloeVera 14 hrs ago #208

"unverified, unproven, evidence-free, totally made-up claim that the death toll of around 45k" EX500rider 13 hrs ago #209

Ah, selective editing. AloeVera 13 hrs ago #210

Correct malaise 2 hrs ago #215