Ser Scot A Ellison

The Tu Quoque fallacy isn’t a valid argument. There will always be hypocrisy in what draws people’s attention. That doesn’t make what people are paying attention to invalid or unworthy of concern. There has been a fair bit of discussion of Boko Haram, the Uighur, and other terrible things that happen. At the end of the day who remembers the Russian genocide against the Cirrcasians? Acting and speaking out about an issue of note is not invalid because you haven’t done the same for every such issue that has ever happened in history.

And… therefore… Chinese imperialism is a good thing… why?

Link, please.

What?

Is she claiming, with a straight face, that there is a context that justifies or successfully offers apologia for… rape?

Are you going to claim… with a straight face… that Russia… is an “anti-imperial” power?

An excellent point and post.

Do we know if our Israeli boarders are okay?

And that look like industrial sights inside…

And I think Hamas wants this to happen.

So… flail? We’re in the worst timeline.

They want Israel to attempt to Crush them… and the Israeli Government is likely to oblige… with bells on… :sad:

Are you suggesting this attack is an Israeli false flag?

Nope… not even that. They are invested in him… not in any party…

Wow… what does Hamas think that will accomplish?

I hear you and I appreciate what you are saying. This is awful on so many levels and the brutality of Hamas doesn’t justify or excuse Israel’s earlier actions. In my earnest opinion. Nor do earlier Israeli actions justify or excuse Hamas’ brutality.

Has Hamas said anything about the slaughter at the music festival? What possible non-bullshit justification could be offered?

They don’t care about his lies. They don’t care about his graft. They don’t care about anything but defending their cult leader. He is telling blatent and easily refuted crap at this point (you can kill babies after birth) and they still buy into his horseshit. I’m not sure there is anything he can say or do that will pull away his die hards.

Agreed. God be with you and your family.

I agree with you… on this point. Is such a plan possible given Israel’s current political make up?

It seems, to me, difficult to create a genuine nation State that is broken into hundreds of exclaves by Israeli settlements that Israel will not surrender to Palestinian sovereignty.

With Israel building Settlements all over the West Bank how is that possible?

I recall authorizations for the “use of force” being adopted by the US Congress never formal “declarations of war”. I believe the last formal declaration of war adopted by the US Congress was against Germany in the Second World War.

There was never a formal declaration of war… in fairness I argued for a Declaration of War againsf Al Quaqda after 9/11 thinking along the lines of Jefferson’s war against the Barbary Pirates.

Does Israel “declaring war” have any international relations impact. States declare war upon other States. Is this a tacit recognition of Gaza and Hamas as a State actor?