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maybe i'll erase cookies... otherwise a synopsis would be welcome -- anyway, biden condems "the sheer evil" of hamas which, okay, hamas is a piece of shit, we know this. but this "evil" label... is often used to justifiy extremes, like preemptive wars and other atrocities. because in political philosophy there are 3 schools regarding war: realism (there is no morality, everything goes), pacifism (war is never good) and "just war" which attempts to conduct war "morally." current international law upholds the ideal of just war. the united nations and others are already cataloguing war crimes, like video assisted refereeing. accusations are flying. even the amy goodman palestinian professor admitted hamas committed war crimes. but this pursuit of a just war is often kabuki, window dressing for the real atrocities going on behind the scenes. and realism often wins out (pacifism... rarely or never does). it just does. we see it all the time. for example, hamas goes and kills and kidnaps a bunch of unarmed people and children and they say "oh, the israelis made us do it, this is a just war." and israel has been squeezing gaza because it harbors hamas. therefore: "just war!". and now the criminal netanyahu is preparing to do who knows what, and he has a justification, doesn't he? "they are evil, so i will hurt 2.5 million people: just war!" it's very hard to keep things "just" in war. the expression is almost oxymoronic. but the current people in charge are extremely hawkish. there is very little room for justice or morality when it's open season on "the enemy" of an extremist. so my question here is: is the "evil" label going to be used to frame realist actions against gaza as a "just war"? you know, kinda like hiroshima? "justified"? or is biden using his unconditional support of israel to simultaneously hold back the israeli right wing in their realist designs to "remake" the region? because, as shitty as hamas is: razing gaza, invading lebanon and syria, bombing iran, getting the russians involved and who knows what else in order to "remake" the region would be a terrible terrible terrible fucking response. |
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M'kay, 1/2...
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yeah, pretty much. but even that, who knows, this conflict could escalate beyond that. thanks for the copypasta. |
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when i say escalate beyond, i mean think of this:
turkey is a nato member. they used to have a secular government. until fairly recently they were an israeli ally. now turkey has an islamist government (for life, apparently), is a nato frenemy (sweden hi), and has parted ways with israel. what kind of effect could bibi's retaliation have on turkish politics? turkey is not poor lebanon or decimated syria or poor egypt paying for bread subsidies. turkey has very a powerful military. their military used to be their secular stronghold, btw, but these days-- who knows (their 2016 attempt against erdogan failed, they got reformed). this whole situstion is a real powder keg. i hope that's just me being paranoid, but i see terrible chain reactions. |
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Recent elections in Slovakia turned out in a very sad way. We might become Putin's new ally in Europe (after Hungary)
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Cheeto praises Hezbollah now.
Dude has consistently had a hard-on for authoritan dictators, extremist groups and radical violent actions throughout the last few years. How is there still a doubt in anyone's mind that the guy is a fucking fascist? I know, dead horse and whatnot at this point. But sometimes, my pre-2016 self likes to to come to a fore and regard the shitshow we're seeing right now. And that part of me is still baffled. |
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Yeah, Marco Pogo has been a sensation for years now. And honestly, I'm not surprised he's more popular than current chancellor Nehammer. Nehammer was, like, the 3rd or 4th in line after the whole chancellor Kurz debacle a couple of years ago. The chancellor had lost a vote of no confidence after all the missteps of his coalition with the far right FPÖ and several suspicions of corruption (later verified). He for some reason got voted in again after a short period of an interim-government, only to have to leave again because of another massive scandal. Then some other party goon took is place - for a hot second or so. He too stepped down when his sweet prince Kurz was indicted. Not sure anymore if there was someone in between, the government changed heads in what seemed to be a matter of seconds for a while, so it's kind of a blur now. A few other hopefuls also stepped down in solidarity with the wannabe Gordon Gekko. So basically the bloke who just stayed the longest got the job. No one ever voted for him and all his public appearances have been pretty disastrous. Making a hardliner case for Austria being "a country of motorists" after being criticized by environmentalists for his unwillingness to consider some more sustainable infrastructure. And recently, he had his own "47%" or "Let them eat cake"-moment, when during an event he mused that no family should complain that they can't afford that their children won't go hungry, because, get this - "the cheapest food you can get is a hamburger at McDonald's at 1.40 Euros". The dude is so out of touch with the problems people are facing, it's sad, actually. A soulless metal rod would score better than him right now. Pogo on the other hand, despite initial satirical aspirations, has actually shown some promise. During the more crucial stages of the pandemic, he actually had some of the better takes of all the candidates and protagonists on the political stage - except for former head of the Social Democratic Party Pamela Rendi Wagner. But she's a woman and medically well-versed, reason enough for the general public to dislike her. Okay, I can feel some of my pandemic misanthropy coming up again, so I'll just wrap it up, before I lose myself in another potshot-fuelled tangent. Pogo does have some good ideas and I can completely see why he is gaining momentum. I still voted for Van Der Bellen, because he's a seasoned politician who conducts himself with patience and dignity. Pogo's party just wasn't as all-encompassing as you'd like a party that has some major say in national politics to be. And Pogo hasn't been in the game for all too long, he still has blind spots. But he's got spunk and the right attitude. Certainly someone I'm looking out for. I feel like given time, he can mature into someone I could consider voting for. It's weird, but sometimes the candidate for the obvious satirical party has some of the better takes. |
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POLAND RISES! (If exit polls are correct, that is; they already let me down in Slovakia...)
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Also, Gym Jordan's dead, and T**** got a $5K fine for being a...
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Say whaaaaaaaaaaaat? Politicians are guilty of shady shit?
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