I think it’s finally time to restore the Mandate of Palestine:
- Israelis get to live there but not their own special state
- Palestinians get to live there but not their own special state
- Everybody gets to hate the British, as is tradition
- Brits finally get a colony back, it’ll lift their mood after the brexit disaster
But what about muh prophecy?
Unironically would be a better option if it was on the table.
That’s how bad this has gotten, guys. I’m pro-British Empire vis-a-vis the Middle East.
One-state solution time. Bring back the Roman Empire.
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Can you imagine the Italians running everything? Sure there’d be plenty of good pasta and wine worldwide but I doubt we’d stay productive with three-hour wine lubricated lunch breaks every day
I say the USA needs to have a proper go at an empire. People could serve in the legion (navy) for citizenship and everything
I say the USA needs to have a proper go at an empire.
Please no. As Teddy Roosevelt once noted, we lack the interest in it. Let’s just not.
Hard to argue we don’t have the appetite after spending our first 150 years conquering territory roughly double the size of the Roman Empire at its peak
That was more ethnic cleansing than traditional imperialism. Not that I disagree that describing it as imperialism is valid, but it’s not what TR was talking about. The point was that Americans lack serious interest in foreign affairs or a desire for distant prestige projects. Our every overseas acquisition, temporary or permanent, has been marked by a noted uncertainty of what to actually do with any of it. Not that that makes any of the folk getting crushed happier, but it does reflect a lack of interest in the whole topic.
Perhaps we just need to generate a little excitement.
Gladiators worked nicely for the Romans, maybe we could generate similar hype with a reality show to choose the governor of each new province. I think “Love Island, Argentinian Governor Edition” would be a real hit.
Is Hezbollah holding hostages? Or just in a coalition government with the christian democracy party?
you’re mixing up hamas and hezbollah, and if you want to go into rabbit hole shitshow that is lebanese politics start with Taif agreement
I am referring to the meme which has the flag of hezbollah holding the flag of lebanon hostage.
well it’s gotta be more about how every lebanese govt since 2006 refused to implement UNSC resolution 1701 (that one about disarming hezbollah) and how it turned out for them
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What are you talking about? The beepers and radios were bought by Hezbollah, and went to Hezbollah members. They were surgical strikes.
Meanwhile, Lebanon is still firing rockets at Israel. The only reason that not more Israeli civilians are dead is because of the Iron Dome
Surgical my ass. Blowing explosives you planted on people way out of sight AND without any situational awareness is anything but precise
More surgical than some unguided rocket over a civilian area
I’d say its about the same. Both have no idea where it will explode. The only thing Israels solution has going for it is the significantly less powerful explosive
What are you talking about? The beepers and radios were bought by Hezbollah, and went to Hezbollah members. They were surgical strikes.
This may be news to you, but Israel has been executing a flurry of airstrikes and artillery shelling on Lebanon since.
If they were surgical then why did innocent civilians and children get hurt? What kind of surgeons are you used to and what on earth is their level of success?
Meanwhile, Lebanon is still firing rockets at Israel. The only reason that not more Israeli civilians are dead is because of the Iron Dome
Why is Israel getting attacked by Hezbollah? (It’s not Lebanon attacking Israel.)
They have since been bombing the shit out of residential areas which is significantly less surgical…
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both in absolute terms and especially compared to continuing airstrikes, some with ai-cooked target list and including actual warcrime tactics, pagers were basically spotless in terms of targeting. the more likely illegal part was in booby-trapping pagers in the first place. westpoint lawyer take on the situation https://lieber.westpoint.edu/exploding-pagers-law/
So booby trapping military equipment is bad because civilians might get caught in it, but firing rockets at civilians is a-ok?
