The purpose of the Netanyahu-backed plan to further merge the US and Israeli militaries is to remove public-facing military aid to reduce criticism of the US-Israel relationship and to make whatever aid and support Israel receives from the US under the new arrangement much less transparent. Netanyahu has previously described it as a shift in "the framework for US-Israel defense cooperation from aid to partnership," though so far he hasn't confirmed that he and Trump agreed to end the aid by 2027.

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The New York Times revealed that a Cerberus-owned security company had trained four Saudis who later participated in the 2018 killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Ever have one of those time-is-a-flat-circle moments?

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 10 months ago

    You have it completely backward. The scenario you describe (small unaccountable groups controlling who can lead) is exactly what this candidate objects to. Yves Engler was prevented from running for NDP leader ("quashed") by a 3-person, unelected group of party officials. I find those people's motivations much more questionable.

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

    Vijay Prashad:

    Such texts are boring not because of their content but because of how they are written. The style of these texts is almost intended to prevent the reader from getting anything out of them. It’s believed that just by publishing these manuals and reports they meet a certain standard of democracy. But what this kind of writing does is to turn people away from reading. Such writing is, therefore, antidemocratic.

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