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Leopards Ate My Face

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[–] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 24 points 7 hours ago

"I never got why everyone hated the mass-and-child-rapist, but now that he doesnt want to murder iranians anymore... I get it now."

[–] rizzothesmall@sh.itjust.works 13 points 7 hours ago

If that president could read he'd be very upset

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 32 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

"betrayed the Israelis"... Why does America owe Israel anything?

[–] SippyCup@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

My first Reddit ban was for attempting to ask that question in the most politically neutral way possible.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago

Completely unrelated but hindsight being 20/20 the warning signs were always there with moderated centralized forums like reddit.

I have my same reddit acct I've had for 15+ years. I'm banned from few aubreddits but my first and most memorable was from AskReddit for doxxing myself. To remove the ban they told me I had to draw a picture of some stupid shit like a giraffe in a Santa hat because it was Christmas or something. That was when I realized I don't want anything to do with these stupid ass moderators power tripping over a users engagement on a forum. Absolutely asinine.

[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 4 points 7 hours ago

yeah, I'd also ask: what more could we give them that hasn't been given already? also, it just illustrates how there's no offramp, no future peace with this government - Bibi knows only perpetual war will keep him in power, and maybe out of jail, so they're all out for it and thought trump would be dumb enough to go even further.

it's pretty mind boggling. he is really dumb tho so...maybe they think they can neg him into it? fuck....

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 20 points 12 hours ago

Trump is a dumb mother fucker but Israel has their own dumb mother fucker. The fact that he feels “betrayed” is quite telling about who wanted this shit in the first place.

[–] shawn1122@sh.itjust.works 12 points 12 hours ago

If the "enlightened" world is totally on board with genocide then we are so fucked.

[–] pticrix@lemmy.ca 23 points 14 hours ago

I've never felt the need for the "we are not the same" meme before reading this .

[–] CoolSouthpaw@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

What a stupid fucking article written by a stupid piece of shit. Any and every president could have been the greatest if they made the right decisions.

[–] Gigdragon@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago

Trump< /could/ have been the best president of all time!? By those standards, where literally anything is possible, it could have been a dismembered hand on a tek deck. Just as likely.

Ffs. For him to have become the best President of all time. He'd have to become a fundamentally new person with almost exclusively opposite traits.

[–] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 154 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

You could have been the greatest president of all

No, he couldn't have

You betrayed us, the Israelis.

I realize I don't necessarily speak for all of my fellow Americans when I say this, but I could not possibly care less if Israelis feel betrayed by Trump. He's not your president, it's not your government, go fuck yourselves.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 61 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

But he is the President they paid for! Doesn't that count at least a bit?

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 23 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

I'm sorry but you're past the 90 day return policy. Best I can do is a discount on the next president you purchase.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago

Buy two presidents, get one governor free!

[–] zarathustrad@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

Do I ever have a deal for you!

You don't have to worry about your vote counting ever again! (Because it won't)

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 48 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

How can a US president betray "Israelis". He's not their president, and America is not their mommies. We owe them exactly nothing. They should get off our tit, and we'd like all the nuclear materials they stole from us returned immediately.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 14 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Without the large amount of material and monetary support America provides to keep Israel's military the strongest in the region, they would get steamrolled by their neighbors. Probably not immediately, but it would be inevitable. Note that I'm not saying anything about whether this is right or wrong from any ethical point of view in any direction, simply that it absolutely would happen. For whatever reason it has consistently been the policy of the American government not to let this happen.

Israel's very existence as a modern state has been, shall we say, deeply unpopular with its Arab neighbors literally since day one.

[–] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 7 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

the reason is that its free surveillance on the rest of the region. USA wants to keep an eye on countries they seem hostile and their interests (oil).

[–] optimisticturtle@lemmy.world 3 points 10 hours ago

They also give our surveillance state their surveillance tech and cyberweapons they developed using Palestinians as guinea pigs. They host our police departments and teach them how to treat our citizenry like Palestinians as well.

[–] Xanthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago
[–] VelvetPinkOtter123@lemmy.world 5 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Trump is such a massive fucking idiot he really could have been the greatest president if the media wasn't up their own ass with hate

Todays headline: "No president can figure out socialized health care. Obama tried but failed"

Tomorrows headline: "It would take a great president to solve Americas Healthcare crisis"

etc...

[–] chocrates@piefed.world 62 points 21 hours ago (5 children)

Do we tell them that he is the POTUS? Israeli interests should not be something we care about

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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 45 points 21 hours ago (6 children)

How did Israel transition from a US base in the Middle East into the country that visibly holds the keys? Blackmail? Money? Religion? What the hell happened?

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 7 points 14 hours ago

All of the above

[–] Asafum@lemmy.world 33 points 20 hours ago (3 children)

I find myself asking this question more and more... But not just the US. How the fuck does Israel have so much power over so many countries. Like just look at the UK and how they're treating anyone even protesting for Palestine. It's insane how much power they have over so many countries... I just don't understand how.

[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 7 points 13 hours ago

The Epstein class. It wasn't just a sex ring.

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 19 points 19 hours ago (7 children)

A giant honeypot operation whose goal was to ensnare as many prominent politicians and business leaders as they could into raping children.

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[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago

Money. Politics is always all about money. Not ideals/virtues. Not borders. Not cultures. Not ideas. Not what the people need.

[–] tedd_deireadh@piefed.social 15 points 21 hours ago

All of the above.

[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 9 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Gotta be the Epstein blackmail?

Ghislaines dad was an Israeli agent

It's so insane. It's just blatant they dictate our foreign policy at this point.

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[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 39 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Israelis will blow wherever the wind blows. Don't let them convince you that they're totally checking anti drumpf progressives in November when suddenly every other D is taking their money. They will lie, cheat, and steal to keep the US-Zion Siphon going.

[–] Jordan117@lemmy.world 23 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

That op-ed is from a different author, in a different newspaper, over a decade ago. Not sure what it proves other than "different Israelis have held contrasting political opinions at various points in time."

[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 10 points 14 hours ago

That's crazy! Next you'll try to tell us that there's a nation who has elected both Trump and Obama as president!

[–] Jomega@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

The headline would cause a middle schooler from the 2000's to die laughing.

[–] Lushed_Lungfish@lemmy.ca 9 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Well he betrayed Americans too and they still seem to love him.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

I’d say most of us really don’t.

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