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Henry Kissinger — ‘It may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal.’

It must be for domestic consumption - he needs us to think he’s trying to split Russia from China. Probably means he’s going to make some really big moves that would freak people out without this context.

Moran Gaz, the former head of the security cases division at the Southern District Prosecutor’s Office in Israel and a member of ‘Team 7.10,’ which is responsible for cases involving captured Palestinians in connection with the October 7 attacks recently admitted that her department has found no evidence to substantiate the claims of “mass” and “systematic” rape by Hamas.

Racism.

It doesn’t explain his anti-China stance. China is an important economic and civic partner with Russia, it’s a very strong relationship.

Yeah I expect him to privatize it.

Maybe, but how many of those officers have since chosen to put their support behind Hamas? I think this plan of forming a comprador regime is making a lot of assumptions that won’t be possible due to the actual facts on the ground.

Of course, but the “move them all to Egypt” plan is off the table. They will not and can not be separated from the land.

I’m just wondering if there are enough. It’s been a hard 18 years for those officers.

Okay, so the ethnic cleansing plan looks like it’s off the table.

The Egyptian official told MEE a clash would not be necessary per its plan and that Hamas has agreed to step aside for a new Palestinian government that does not include senior PA officials from the West Bank.

The Associated Press reported on Tuesday that the Egyptian plan would not include Hamas or the PA. The report said it would involve a police force made up of PA policemen who remained in Gaza after 2007, when Hamas won legislative elections and took control of the enclave.

It’s been 18 years and several conflicts. Are any of those PA policemen even alive? How is this plan viable in any way?

You’re literally talking about how NATO is a threat to Putin, the leader of Russia.

I’m just saying, look at Libya to understand what happens next.

Take a look at Libya to see what happens when NATO helps depose the leader.

NATO encroachment is a threat to Russia.

We should ban private car ownership, no question. That would do a hell of a lot to improve air quality. People can take a train, ride a bike, or work remotely.

We’re still going to need bulldozers, though.

Most urban street air is much more toxic and dangerous than inhaling 2nd hand smoke in a bar

That’s an indictment of our shitty society with its shitty air quality, not an absolution for second hand smoke. We should eliminate both.

But it stinks! Aaa… but you smell like industrial aromatics, perfumes, deodorants, detergents … working on a Caterpillar bulldozer stinks but I don’t hear anyone banning them

Well I don’t see Caterpillar bulldozers inside bars either 🙃

Again, this is an indictment of our shitty society. We should be banning dirty engines too - electric motors can achieve the same level of torque (and greater!) without pumping out cancer causing pollutants that stink up our world.

All smoke is dangerous. We should reduce it as much as possible, from all sources.

How the fuck could second hand smoke be safe if first hand smoke isn’t? Isn’t smoke inherently unsafe to breathe? Even wood fire smoke can cause cancer, you aren’t supposed to breathe smoke!

In another campaign statement, Zandberg told public broadcaster Polish Radio on Friday that EU countries should bring together their defense industries and strengthen military cooperation.

There it is.

There were a bunch of lies published by alcohol industry-backed groups about how a glass of red wine is good for your heart and shit. It probably would be helpful to bust those shitty myths.

I already laid out the alternative: reject the arms race altogether.

This is like the nuclear arms race. If you don’t have nukes, the US might decide to regime change you at any moment.

Your alternative is “let the US dominate them” as if that’s actually a real option.

Militarizing space isn’t defense; it’s escalation. That was the point from the start.

Doing it in response to another military power also militarizing space is obviously defensive. Again, is China supposed to just roll over for the US?

If China genuinely wanted to counter U.S. imperialism without mimicking it, it could focus on international cooperation instead of unilateral dominance.

They… are? That’s Belt and Road and the China Development Bank and BRICS.

Why are you assuming China seeks dominance anyway? It’s not like they kept making nukes until they had more than the US. This is likely the same - do just enough so the US leaves them alone and let’s them continue their path of peaceful development.

That doesn’t look like dominance to me.

What do you want China to do? I’m sure you aren’t demanding they just let the US militarize space unopposed, so surely you have something else in mind.