Nope. Not a kid, hasn't been born yet.

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You understand that by advocating for the right of conquest you are giving an excuse to Israel's enemies as well correct? As in, if you're saying its okay for Israel to take from others by force its okay for others to take from Israel by force as well.

I don't believe in "might makes right" but of course its undeniable that for the majority of human history thats pretty much how things were done.

However as nations and as people when we aspire to be something better than that, when we talk about protecting human rights, democracy, etc then you have to leave things like "right by conquest" behind.

Just as the United States must come to terms with its ugly racist and bloody past of slavery and literally conquering most of a continent, Israel too should honestly confront the human rights violations that were perpetuated in its creation. And it should also stop with the on-going human rights violations its perpetuating in places like Gaza, Golan Heights, and the West Bank.

Otherwise it can never claim to really be a "secular democracy" as you originally said.

I think it would be helpful if you acknowledged that Israel governs and taxes people in the West Bank and Golan Heights without their consent and without granting them representation in Israeli government on par with citizens. Its a simple fact, but sometimes simple facts can be the hardest things to accept.

Hah! I wonder if they’ll discover any bodies as the lake dries up. There was a serial killer there in the 80’s? The toy box killer. I believe he worked for the park services and many of his victims were never found. :(

A ton doesn't seem like a lot. That's 10 soldiers, or a jeep.

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So, what? You’re complaining that the Israelis got their land the same way literally every other country in the entirety of history did? Except it’s only the Jews who are evil because of it? Wtf is your problem if not antisemitism?

Everywhere is throwing away expired vaccines, not just Covid vaccines. They expire… this is not news

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> I love how your response begins with excusing the Jews getting displaced from land that was theirs and ends with mischaracterizing how Jews got it back

I am not excusing forced displacement of people, the exact opposite in fact.

>As though it was taken by force and not given by the British, who owned it. As though the Jews who moved there didn’t purchase land. As though there weren’t any Jews still living there.

I never said no Jews were living in what this today Israel before it was Israel. And it was taken by force by the British, who did indeed decide to create a Jewish homeland there but you are ignoring one key point

Neither the British who wanted to create a Jewish homeland nor the people coming there to live, asked or seemed to care what the majority of people already living there thought about it

>Then you lament that Syria, which never made any overtures to leave Israel in peace and used the strategic high-ground that is the Golan Heights to terrorize the Israelis living below, somehow deserved to get that land back.

I'm not saying Israel has to give it back without peace, and it's under no obligation to do so without peace, but nothing justifies annexing territory without the consent of the people living there

>And if the people of the West Bank have to live in semi-occupation (1% of which are settlements) to ensure that Israelis can live in relative peace, then so-fucking-be-it

This is what I mean by forgoing democracy when it's inconvenient. You're outright supporting the permanent occupation of territory and the subjectation of it's people. Palestinians are people with human rights which includes the right of self determination and representation in government, to keep them under permanent military occupation is an act of tyranny and evilness

What an incredibly nuanced take.

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Switzerland is on the hot seat these days

Literally a ton of fort Bliss range is in new Mexico

Infrastructure maintenance is expensive.

I love how your response begins with excusing the Jews getting displaced from land that was theirs and ends with mischaracterizing how Jews got it back. As though it was taken by force and not given by the British, who owned it. As though the Jews who moved there didn’t purchase land. As though there weren’t any Jews still living there. Then you lament that Syria, which never made any overtures to leave Israel in peace and used the strategic high-ground that is the Golan Heights to terrorize the Israelis living below, somehow deserved to get that land back. Wouldn’t it be easier to just admit that you’re a fucking anti-Semite? You twist yourself in knots to justify Jews getting fucked when I already explained that’s never fucking going to happen again. Never forget. And if the people of the West Bank have to live in semi-occupation (1% of which are settlements) to ensure that Israelis can live in relative peace, then so-fucking-be-it.

Between hoarding vaccines, Credit Suisse collapse, and "neutrality" against sending munitions to Ukraine, the Swiss are on a roll. Swiss rolls are disgusting btw. Its all a hot Swiss mess. Fondue is disgusting too btw.

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“I did my hair and makeup, went in at like two o’clock in the morning, smiled for my mugshot,” she said. “I never saw a mugshot like that.”

Jesus Christ, she talks like Donald Trump. Best mugshot ever, never been done! 👌👌

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Username checks out.

Would have helped if the article mentioned that DODEA = (US) Department of Defense Education Activity, and that the kids were (most likely) Americans.

There’s never any money available, except for wars. That money magically populates.