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If you can't see the contradiction between your support of Pakistan's statement on the one hand, and the right of Iran to retaliate against terrorists harbored in Pakistan on the other, I don't know what there is that I can say to help you understand. By the way, I'm not defending Iran's decision. I think it was stupid and self destructive. But that's a different question than whether or not it's legally justifiable.
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Donald Trump's return could leave Europe 'on its own', De Croo warns
placeholder replied to stats's topic in World News
What the ignoramus failed to note that there was an agreement in place to raise the level of funding to a certain level by, I believe, 2026 -
Donald Trump's return could leave Europe 'on its own', De Croo warns
placeholder replied to stats's topic in World News
What do you expect Stoltenberg to say? Enrage Trump who may well be elected again? -
What's not so much interesting as bizarre is that your obsession with Biden leads you to believe that because I'm not criticizing Biden here, then I should be elsewhere criticizing him and not criticizing Truss here. I don't see any reference to Biden in the subject line of this thread. Apparently, as is the way of obsessives, you do. For what it's worth, and to repair your ignorance, I have criticized Biden and the US very strongly in the appropriate threads, for their unmitigated support for Israel.
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Your lack of basic understanding saddens me. You think it's okay for Liz Truss to okay the sale of materiel that will help China invade Taiwan. The defensive material that Truss okayed isn't about protecting civilians. It's about protecting Chinese troops when they invade. As for my "boy Biden", not only is invoking him irrelevant, but I challenge you to find an instance of me defending his over-the-top support of Israel.
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Well, Pakistan is harboring groups that do launch attacks on the Iranians. Iran Targets Terror Outfit Jaish Al-Adl Inside Pakistan https://www.voanews.com/a/iran-targets-terror-outfit-jaish-al-adl-inside-pakistan/7444873.html Are you claiming that Iran doesn't have the right to defend itself from terrorists?
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Anti-missile systems also actually help to save lives and prevent horrific injuries, often in children. By your lights, it would have been OK for Truss to allow UK business sell those to the Chinese as well. Apparently, to your way of thinking. being equipped with materiel that would reduce damage to the Chinese armed forces and make success more likely, would in no way make it more likely that the Chinese would launch an invasion. It is to laugh.
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What is this about Red Cross visits? This is about medicines for the hostages in exchange for medicines for Gazans. That's what the deal was. I have seen nothing about red cross visits. Or the red crescent, for that matter, Is denying any such stipulation exists is your idea of pedantry? In fact, Israel authorities admit they have no way of knowing for sure if the medicine will reach the hostages: "However, the Israeli military said it does “not have the ability to guarantee” that medicine will reach the hostages. Speaking at a news conference Wednesday, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said the military will work with Qatar to ensure medicine gets to the captives." https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/18/middleeast/medicine-israel-hostages-gaza-hamas-qatar-intl-hnk/index.html
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Sunak faces Tory meltdown as deputy chairs back Rwanda bill rebellion
placeholder replied to stats's topic in World News
You want to make it illegal to sell rubber boats etc to them? That kind of measure is always so effective. -
“The Houthis may well calculate that, having withstood seven years of Saudi aerial bombardment over the course of the Yemeni civil war, it’s unlikely that a U.S. air assault on Yemeni targets would inflict more substantial damage or that any damage to its equipment or facilities could not be quickly repaired or replaced,” observed Gerald Feierstein, a former U.S. ambassador in Yemen. “Moreover, a U.S. (or other) attack on Houthi military targets would validate, from the Houthi perspective, their propaganda that they are fighting on the front lines in support of Palestinians and that their operations are succeeding in threatening U.S. and allied interests,” he added. Indeed, the Gaza war and its repercussions, noted the International Crisis Group, have “provided the Houthis with an opportunity to deflect mounting public pressure over their governance practices in the areas under their control, and enabled them to quell opposition to their rule by arresting opponents in those areas on charges of collusion with Israel and the U.S.” https://archive.ph/Cew6z https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/16/houthi-yemen-red-sea-strikes-what-gained-won/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_todayworld&utm_campaign=wp_todays_worldview
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Netanyahu rejects claims accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza
placeholder replied to CharlieH's topic in The War in Israel
I don't dispute that. But it's entirely besides the point raised by Hanaguma which I replied to. -
Netanyahu rejects claims accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza
placeholder replied to CharlieH's topic in The War in Israel
There's a preponderance of evidence on one side of the issue. Basically it's COGAT against the world. -
Netanyahu rejects claims accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza
placeholder replied to CharlieH's topic in The War in Israel
what does "dismissing United Nations reports of widespread starvation" mean to you?