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[–] nothingcorporate@lemmy.today 145 points 1 year ago (16 children)

As The Intercept pointed out this week, this is Israel's 9/11 in that it is a horrific event they didn't see coming, but when you stop to look at the powder keg they created, they absolutely should have.

[–] ericisshort@lemmy.world 88 points 1 year ago (4 children)

And just like 9/11, they were warned of the attack weeks in advance but were still woefully unprepared to protect their citizens.

[–] Alteon@lemmy.world 97 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm worried that they DID know, and are using this as an excuse to further their agenda against Palestinians.

[–] migo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 1 year ago (1 children)

With the Netanyahu government, that's the more plausible explanation.

[–] Flyswat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, it worked in the US /s

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well, it really did work in the US. This is literally what happened at Pearl Harbor.

Roosevelt knew the attack was coming, very much so, our intelligence was good. But he needed the attack to happen, so he let it happen.

At the time, Europe was at war and our allies desperately needed help, but the US had been dragging it's heels about getting involved for years. Roosevelt wanted to enter the war and support our allies, but congress just didn't want to make the official declaration of war. But after the attack on Pearl harbor, that declaration came in short order, just as Roosevelt knew it would.

[–] Infraggable@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is untrue. This is a false conspiracy theory that people keep repeating that has no facts to back it up. This one bugs me because my grandfather was in the merchant Marines and was stationed there when this happened. People parroting that untrue fact drove him bonkers.

[–] ericisshort@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

That’s sadly a possibility.

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[–] blue_zephyr@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

And just like 9/11, their response is sowing death to countless civilians.

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[–] Something_Complex@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The bigger problem is that they probably knew. They where informed by Egypt intelligence...

If that is true, then they might have let it happen as an excuse to take Gaza in retribution

[–] gummybootpiloot@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let's not spread conspiracy theories without good sources

[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

US Congressional members with security clearances corroborated this, did they not?

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Damn this is going to still be going on in 2121?

[–] WaxedWookie@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

Israel will almost certainly have wrapped up their genocide long before that.

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[–] danl@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Check your axes. You have 2x 25,000s. I genuinely want to know how on someone can create a chart with this kind of error these days. Surely you’re not adding axis labels with a graphics tool after the initial generation. Right?

[–] SCB@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Still way too one sided against Israel

[–] wahming@monyet.cc 11 points 1 year ago

How people fail to notice sarcasm is beyond me

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