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I've been silent for 21 months of genocide, but this one editorial criticizing Israel will prove I've always been on the right side of history (www.thebeaverton.com)
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[–] -5 points 1 year ago (12 children)

Man, I kind of disagree with the premise of shunning anybody who dissents against Israel. The more the merrier, if my relatives could take an actionable stance against Israel and their enablers then I would support them in that.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    The point is those people who were adamant against any kind of palestinin support shouldnt just get to wash that history without admitting some failure.

    Like if Bush came and said Iraq was a mistake, and then blamed Obama.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    Bush did come out and say Iraq was a mistake. He said it on stage while advocating against the Russian invasion of Ukraine back in 2022.

    LINK TO CLIP HERE

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    So we should forgive Bush for killing 2 million Iraqi's then because he said it was a mistake? Never trust anyone who supported his war. Everyone's just washing their hands so they can dirty them again.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    No but when he stands against the invasion of Ukraine we should cheer him on, absolutely.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Do you actually think that's any sort of change of heart for him? He absolutely doesn't regret Iraq. Supporting Ukraine for him is just supporting more arm shipments. It's no problem for him to say "aww gee Iraq was a mistake", after its all done.

    Hell, praising Bush for supporting Ukraine did more harm for the cause than good because the average american - even republicans - hate his guts.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I don't care at all if he's had a change of heart on Iraq, I'm saying I support him when he says "Fuck Russia."

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That's cool, but you've forgotten the point. The people who've been supporting genocide all this time should not be forgiven nor should we stop calling them out. They all belong in the Hague like Bush. Telling people to be quiet about them is just another excuse to tell pro-palestian protestors to be quiet when they've been right the whole time.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    It's not about forgiving here.

    The main priority here is to fix the problem, not to assign blame.

    If the choice is between stopping the genocide and restoring peace versus hating all the people who ever supported Israel, that choice would be easy for me.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The point is to learn who to not to trust to prevent this from happening in the first place. If we didn't keep re-electing people who supported the Iraq war this genocide absolutely would not have happened in the first place.

    No amount of shaming them had an affect on them before. Only the prospect of real consequences for their crimes is making them change. All you've done is just found a new way to tell anti-zionist protestors to shut up.

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