Lebanon / Israel

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Anonymous wrote:Per the AP,

We are sending 3000 troops to the region in expectation that fighting will worsen…


Seems like this is tracking into A full scale war.

Where is Biden/Harris on this? Maybe we should ask Jill for help.

Where are Biden and Harris? Is that serious question? They are the ones sending US troops to the Middle East right now.

Maybe give a damn update or press conference on why you are sending 3000 US troops to this conflict. What are your goals. What is the plan????????????


Where is Biden and Harris????????????????

There was no state department press briefing or white house briefing today, except a short audio gaggle on the airplane. I see no press release from the white house. It's ridiculous.

We're talking about 500 people killed, thousands injured in a single day, by an ally using our weapons, and nearly nothing from the white house?

Vote accordingly.
Or rather, don’t.
A vote for Harris is a vote for troops in the Middle East.

+1

And you think Trump wouldn’t send troops?

I do not, yes.

What on earth makes you think that?

His four years in office

Now do Harris. She is in office now.

Last I checked, the VP isn’t the commander in chief.

Trump had no reason to deploy troops during his time in office. But he did love on Bibi nonstop.

Of course Trump didn’t. We have the Abraham accords. No incursion into Ukraine either. That was all under Biden-Harris.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Per the AP,

We are sending 3000 troops to the region in expectation that fighting will worsen…


Seems like this is tracking into A full scale war.

Where is Biden/Harris on this? Maybe we should ask Jill for help.

Where are Biden and Harris? Is that serious question? They are the ones sending US troops to the Middle East right now.

Maybe give a damn update or press conference on why you are sending 3000 US troops to this conflict. What are your goals. What is the plan????????????


Where is Biden and Harris????????????????

There was no state department press briefing or white house briefing today, except a short audio gaggle on the airplane. I see no press release from the white house. It's ridiculous.

We're talking about 500 people killed, thousands injured in a single day, by an ally using our weapons, and nearly nothing from the white house?

Vote accordingly.
Or rather, don’t.
A vote for Harris is a vote for troops in the Middle East.

+1

And you think Trump wouldn’t send troops?

I do not, yes.

What on earth makes you think that?

His four years in office

Now do Harris. She is in office now.

Last I checked, the VP isn’t the commander in chief.

Trump had no reason to deploy troops during his time in office. But he did love on Bibi nonstop.

Of course Trump didn’t. We have the Abraham accords. No incursion into Ukraine either. That was all under Biden-Harris.

You do realize that states do things that aren’t motivated by the US President right?

The world operates according to dynamics that have nothing to do with the US.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just in case people aren’t aware of the regional dynamics at play:

Hezbollah is part of what is known as the Axis of Resistance. The other members are:

- Iran
- Hamas
- Houthis in Yemen
- Syria
- Popular Mobilization Forces (paramilitary group in Iraq)

They have murkier relations with Russia and Afghanistan.

Their stated goal is to destroy Israel.

You act as though the US is this angelic entity in the world. The goal of the US in the middle east to extraction and exploitation of power. Iran has a defensive nuclear posture and has indicated time and time again that they would be willing to agree to a nuclear proliferation treaty and have agreed with Egypt's call to create a denuclearized region in the middle east. The US does not want this because Israel is either our lapdog for control in the region or vice versa (depends on who you ask and who you believe gets more out of this relationship).

Not that the US shouldn't legally supply aid to Israel given that Israel (most likely**) has nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, and other weapons of mass destruction. However, since Israel is a client state of the US and helps US corporate interests in the region, there is no reason for us to enforce this. Thus, we accept their purposeful ambiguity in regards to their nuclear capabilities as it serves our interests. Alternatively, you can believe that we are their puppets. Either way, it really is one in the same argument as "we" the small time (aka anyone making less than $2M / year) is a slave to the same system. Keep chugging along. Keep paying your taxes. Keep watching as somehow you work harder and harder, yet you never reap the fruit of your labor.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just in case people aren’t aware of the regional dynamics at play:

Hezbollah is part of what is known as the Axis of Resistance. The other members are:

- Iran
- Hamas
- Houthis in Yemen
- Syria
- Popular Mobilization Forces (paramilitary group in Iraq)

They have murkier relations with Russia and Afghanistan.

Their stated goal is to destroy Israel.

You act as though the US is this angelic entity in the world. The goal of the US in the middle east to extraction and exploitation of power. Iran has a defensive nuclear posture and has indicated time and time again that they would be willing to agree to a nuclear proliferation treaty and have agreed with Egypt's call to create a denuclearized region in the middle east. The US does not want this because Israel is either our lapdog for control in the region or vice versa (depends on who you ask and who you believe gets more out of this relationship).

Not that the US shouldn't legally supply aid to Israel given that Israel (most likely**) has nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, and other weapons of mass destruction. However, since Israel is a client state of the US and helps US corporate interests in the region, there is no reason for us to enforce this. Thus, we accept their purposeful ambiguity in regards to their nuclear capabilities as it serves our interests. Alternatively, you can believe that we are their puppets. Either way, it really is one in the same argument as "we" the small time (aka anyone making less than $2M / year) is a slave to the same system. Keep chugging along. Keep paying your taxes. Keep watching as somehow you work harder and harder, yet you never reap the fruit of your labor.

My post didn’t mention the US at all.

Why are you so triggered by basic facts about regional alliances?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just in case people aren’t aware of the regional dynamics at play:

Hezbollah is part of what is known as the Axis of Resistance. The other members are:

- Iran
- Hamas
- Houthis in Yemen
- Syria
- Popular Mobilization Forces (paramilitary group in Iraq)

They have murkier relations with Russia and Afghanistan.

Their stated goal is to destroy Israel.

You act as though the US is this angelic entity in the world. The goal of the US in the middle east to extraction and exploitation of power. Iran has a defensive nuclear posture and has indicated time and time again that they would be willing to agree to a nuclear proliferation treaty and have agreed with Egypt's call to create a denuclearized region in the middle east. The US does not want this because Israel is either our lapdog for control in the region or vice versa (depends on who you ask and who you believe gets more out of this relationship).

Not that the US shouldn't legally supply aid to Israel given that Israel (most likely**) has nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, and other weapons of mass destruction. However, since Israel is a client state of the US and helps US corporate interests in the region, there is no reason for us to enforce this. Thus, we accept their purposeful ambiguity in regards to their nuclear capabilities as it serves our interests. Alternatively, you can believe that we are their puppets. Either way, it really is one in the same argument as "we" the small time (aka anyone making less than $2M / year) is a slave to the same system. Keep chugging along. Keep paying your taxes. Keep watching as somehow you work harder and harder, yet you never reap the fruit of your labor.

My post didn’t mention the US at all.

Why are you so triggered by basic facts about regional alliances?

Axis of Resistance has this deeply negative connotation to it. It is a US based term for sure and the negative connotation serves certain interests in that space.

I wouldn't say triggered. Just reading Chomsky at the moment and thought I'd say what I recently learned with the class. It's quite eye opening.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just in case people aren’t aware of the regional dynamics at play:

Hezbollah is part of what is known as the Axis of Resistance. The other members are:

- Iran
- Hamas
- Houthis in Yemen
- Syria
- Popular Mobilization Forces (paramilitary group in Iraq)

They have murkier relations with Russia and Afghanistan.

Their stated goal is to destroy Israel.

You act as though the US is this angelic entity in the world. The goal of the US in the middle east to extraction and exploitation of power. Iran has a defensive nuclear posture and has indicated time and time again that they would be willing to agree to a nuclear proliferation treaty and have agreed with Egypt's call to create a denuclearized region in the middle east. The US does not want this because Israel is either our lapdog for control in the region or vice versa (depends on who you ask and who you believe gets more out of this relationship).

Not that the US shouldn't legally supply aid to Israel given that Israel (most likely**) has nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, and other weapons of mass destruction. However, since Israel is a client state of the US and helps US corporate interests in the region, there is no reason for us to enforce this. Thus, we accept their purposeful ambiguity in regards to their nuclear capabilities as it serves our interests. Alternatively, you can believe that we are their puppets. Either way, it really is one in the same argument as "we" the small time (aka anyone making less than $2M / year) is a slave to the same system. Keep chugging along. Keep paying your taxes. Keep watching as somehow you work harder and harder, yet you never reap the fruit of your labor.

My post didn’t mention the US at all.

Why are you so triggered by basic facts about regional alliances?

Axis of Resistance has this deeply negative connotation to it. It is a US based term for sure and the negative connotation serves certain interests in that space.

I wouldn't say triggered. Just reading Chomsky at the moment and thought I'd say what I recently learned with the class. It's quite eye opening.

In 2019, Chomsky essentially described how the road to Iran is through first attacking Hezbollah and Lebanon. We are watching all of these situation unfold in real time, and I would say it's time that we all open our eyes to the larger chess game that is playing out right now (both in the middle east and in eastern Europe).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just in case people aren’t aware of the regional dynamics at play:

Hezbollah is part of what is known as the Axis of Resistance. The other members are:

- Iran
- Hamas
- Houthis in Yemen
- Syria
- Popular Mobilization Forces (paramilitary group in Iraq)

They have murkier relations with Russia and Afghanistan.

Their stated goal is to destroy Israel.

You act as though the US is this angelic entity in the world. The goal of the US in the middle east to extraction and exploitation of power. Iran has a defensive nuclear posture and has indicated time and time again that they would be willing to agree to a nuclear proliferation treaty and have agreed with Egypt's call to create a denuclearized region in the middle east. The US does not want this because Israel is either our lapdog for control in the region or vice versa (depends on who you ask and who you believe gets more out of this relationship).

Not that the US shouldn't legally supply aid to Israel given that Israel (most likely**) has nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, and other weapons of mass destruction. However, since Israel is a client state of the US and helps US corporate interests in the region, there is no reason for us to enforce this. Thus, we accept their purposeful ambiguity in regards to their nuclear capabilities as it serves our interests. Alternatively, you can believe that we are their puppets. Either way, it really is one in the same argument as "we" the small time (aka anyone making less than $2M / year) is a slave to the same system. Keep chugging along. Keep paying your taxes. Keep watching as somehow you work harder and harder, yet you never reap the fruit of your labor.

My post didn’t mention the US at all.

Why are you so triggered by basic facts about regional alliances?

Axis of Resistance has this deeply negative connotation to it. It is a US based term for sure and the negative connotation serves certain interests in that space.

I wouldn't say triggered. Just reading Chomsky at the moment and thought I'd say what I recently learned with the class. It's quite eye opening.

Sorry you don’t like the term. It was first used by a Libyan newspaper in 2002. So maybe take a break from Chomsky and read about this alliance before spewing nonsense.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just in case people aren’t aware of the regional dynamics at play:

Hezbollah is part of what is known as the Axis of Resistance. The other members are:

- Iran
- Hamas
- Houthis in Yemen
- Syria
- Popular Mobilization Forces (paramilitary group in Iraq)

They have murkier relations with Russia and Afghanistan.

Their stated goal is to destroy Israel.

You act as though the US is this angelic entity in the world. The goal of the US in the middle east to extraction and exploitation of power. Iran has a defensive nuclear posture and has indicated time and time again that they would be willing to agree to a nuclear proliferation treaty and have agreed with Egypt's call to create a denuclearized region in the middle east. The US does not want this because Israel is either our lapdog for control in the region or vice versa (depends on who you ask and who you believe gets more out of this relationship).

Not that the US shouldn't legally supply aid to Israel given that Israel (most likely**) has nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, and other weapons of mass destruction. However, since Israel is a client state of the US and helps US corporate interests in the region, there is no reason for us to enforce this. Thus, we accept their purposeful ambiguity in regards to their nuclear capabilities as it serves our interests. Alternatively, you can believe that we are their puppets. Either way, it really is one in the same argument as "we" the small time (aka anyone making less than $2M / year) is a slave to the same system. Keep chugging along. Keep paying your taxes. Keep watching as somehow you work harder and harder, yet you never reap the fruit of your labor.

My post didn’t mention the US at all.

Why are you so triggered by basic facts about regional alliances?

Axis of Resistance has this deeply negative connotation to it. It is a US based term for sure and the negative connotation serves certain interests in that space.

I wouldn't say triggered. Just reading Chomsky at the moment and thought I'd say what I recently learned with the class. It's quite eye opening.

Sorry you don’t like the term. It was first used by a Libyan newspaper in 2002. So maybe take a break from Chomsky and read about this alliance before spewing nonsense.

I’ll also say this: it has subsequently been used in Iran and by Palestinian media.

But beyond even the term itself, the alliance exists, whether you like it or not.

[Anonymous]

Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister in 2010:

The chain of resistance against Israel by Iran, Syria, Hezbollah, the new Iraqi government, and Hamas passes through the Syrian highway... Syria is the golden ring of the chain of resistance against Israel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just in case people aren’t aware of the regional dynamics at play:

Hezbollah is part of what is known as the Axis of Resistance. The other members are:

- Iran
- Hamas
- Houthis in Yemen
- Syria
- Popular Mobilization Forces (paramilitary group in Iraq)

They have murkier relations with Russia and Afghanistan.

Their stated goal is to destroy Israel.

Hezbollah was formed organically from Lebanese resistance fighters fighting Israel’s occupied of Lebanon for 22 years. Their goal is to protect Lebanon, repel the IDF from Lebanon and help the Palestinians against the Israelis. Israel committed their normal litany of atrocious atrocities during and after their occupation.

Again solve the root problem and all this goes away. Root problem -Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians. Not a cause but a symptom of the problem- Iran support for free fighters.

If Israel vanishes they'll return to the usual programming of inter-Islam ethoreligious war.

[Anonymous]

The term "Axis of Evil" originated in a speech delivered by U.S. President George W. Bush on January 29, 2002, during his State of the Union Address. In this speech, he referred to Iran, Iraq, and North Korea as an "Axis of Evil," accusing them of sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction. The term was intended to emphasize the threat these nations posed to global security, particularly in the context of the War on Terror, which followed the September 11, 2001, attacks.

The phrase echoed the concept of the "Axis Powers" from World War II, referring to the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan.

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I'm not sure using propagandistic terms promulgated by George Bush in reference to the middle east is sound reasoning...

Won't get fooled again.

Not ready to make nice...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just in case people aren’t aware of the regional dynamics at play:

Hezbollah is part of what is known as the Axis of Resistance. The other members are:

- Iran
- Hamas
- Houthis in Yemen
- Syria
- Popular Mobilization Forces (paramilitary group in Iraq)

They have murkier relations with Russia and Afghanistan.

Their stated goal is to destroy Israel.

You act as though the US is this angelic entity in the world. The goal of the US in the middle east to extraction and exploitation of power. Iran has a defensive nuclear posture and has indicated time and time again that they would be willing to agree to a nuclear proliferation treaty and have agreed with Egypt's call to create a denuclearized region in the middle east. The US does not want this because Israel is either our lapdog for control in the region or vice versa (depends on who you ask and who you believe gets more out of this relationship).

Not that the US shouldn't legally supply aid to Israel given that Israel (most likely**) has nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, and other weapons of mass destruction. However, since Israel is a client state of the US and helps US corporate interests in the region, there is no reason for us to enforce this. Thus, we accept their purposeful ambiguity in regards to their nuclear capabilities as it serves our interests. Alternatively, you can believe that we are their puppets. Either way, it really is one in the same argument as "we" the small time (aka anyone making less than $2M / year) is a slave to the same system. Keep chugging along. Keep paying your taxes. Keep watching as somehow you work harder and harder, yet you never reap the fruit of your labor.

My post didn’t mention the US at all.

Why are you so triggered by basic facts about regional alliances?

Axis of Resistance has this deeply negative connotation to it. It is a US based term for sure and the negative connotation serves certain interests in that space.

I wouldn't say triggered. Just reading Chomsky at the moment and thought I'd say what I recently learned with the class. It's quite eye opening.

Are you 19 and taking your first international relations class? Grow up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This year the American taxpayer will send an addition 20 billion to Israel to fund its war in addition to its annual 4 billion aid package.

Meanwhile, per Forbes Israel, there are 274 Jewish billionaires with a collective wealth in excess of two trillion dollars.

Remind me why a working stiff like me is paying for this war?

Not in my name.

And there are 20 non-Jewish billionaires with a collective wealth in excess of two trillion dollars, you creepy racist.

USA doesn't send (much) money to Israel. USA sends money to US defense contractors, and defense contractors send weapons to Israel. Those defenses contractors maintain the US hegemony that keeps the world's wealth flowing into the US.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
The term "Axis of Evil" originated in a speech delivered by U.S. President George W. Bush on January 29, 2002, during his State of the Union Address. In this speech, he referred to Iran, Iraq, and North Korea as an "Axis of Evil," accusing them of sponsoring terrorism and seeking weapons of mass destruction. The term was intended to emphasize the threat these nations posed to global security, particularly in the context of the War on Terror, which followed the September 11, 2001, attacks.

The phrase echoed the concept of the "Axis Powers" from World War II, referring to the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan.

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I'm not sure using propagandistic terms promulgated by George Bush in reference to the middle east is sound reasoning...

Won't get fooled again.

Not ready to make nice...

Axis of Evil is not the same as Axis of Resistance.

JFC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just in case people aren’t aware of the regional dynamics at play:

Hezbollah is part of what is known as the Axis of Resistance. The other members are:

- Iran
- Hamas
- Houthis in Yemen
- Syria
- Popular Mobilization Forces (paramilitary group in Iraq)

They have murkier relations with Russia and Afghanistan.

Their stated goal is to destroy Israel.

You act as though the US is this angelic entity in the world. The goal of the US in the middle east to extraction and exploitation of power. Iran has a defensive nuclear posture and has indicated time and time again that they would be willing to agree to a nuclear proliferation treaty and have agreed with Egypt's call to create a denuclearized region in the middle east. The US does not want this because Israel is either our lapdog for control in the region or vice versa (depends on who you ask and who you believe gets more out of this relationship).

Not that the US shouldn't legally supply aid to Israel given that Israel (most likely**) has nuclear weapons, chemical weapons, and other weapons of mass destruction. However, since Israel is a client state of the US and helps US corporate interests in the region, there is no reason for us to enforce this. Thus, we accept their purposeful ambiguity in regards to their nuclear capabilities as it serves our interests. Alternatively, you can believe that we are their puppets. Either way, it really is one in the same argument as "we" the small time (aka anyone making less than $2M / year) is a slave to the same system. Keep chugging along. Keep paying your taxes. Keep watching as somehow you work harder and harder, yet you never reap the fruit of your labor.

My post didn’t mention the US at all.

Why are you so triggered by basic facts about regional alliances?

Axis of Resistance has this deeply negative connotation to it. It is a US based term for sure and the negative connotation serves certain interests in that space.

I wouldn't say triggered. Just reading Chomsky at the moment and thought I'd say what I recently learned with the class. It's quite eye opening.

Are you 19 and taking your first international relations class? Grow up.

Quite a bit older... Majored in something that actually makes money, so frankly - I never took an international relations class... Learning this stuff now because the US education system decided the Unit Circle, The mitochondria, and stoichiometry mattered more to my prosperity than actually understanding what's going on in the world. The modern propagandistic media machine is a joke and my eyes have been opened to that through my studies of Israel/Gaza.