• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    2 days ago

    Recent, extensive, and active. The US doesn’t have a direct part in Gaza, China has a direct part in the issues w/ the Uyghurs.

    I’m not saying the US is innocent here, just that they’re very different situations.

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      2 days ago

      The US doesn’t have a direct part in Gaza

      This argument is incredibly hallow to me.

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        2 days ago

        hallow

        Odd, because I didn’t get it blessed by a priest. :)

        Seriously though, there’s a pretty big difference between doing the genocide yourself and supplying weapons to an ally, who uses those weapons for genocide.

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          1 day ago

          I think this is a very convenient position for the US. It fails to take into account the depth of connections between Israel and the US, and how much of the situation in Gaza can only happen because of the US.

          Even if I grant that there is some genocide scaling factor because it’s done by a vassal state, I still would argue the devastation of Gaza is certainly more far extensive.

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            4 hours ago

            The US has very little reason to target Palestinians, and most of the violence from Palestinian groups have targeted Israelis. The US is far more concerned about other groups in the region, like ISIS, the Taliban, and the Houthis. The main reason the US seems to care is because they successfully carried out an attack on our ally.

            vassal state

            The US has repeatedly told Israel to scale back their operations in Gaza and allow humanitarian aid in, yet they completely ignore it. There’s absolutely no way Israel is anywhere close to a “vassal state,” they do pretty much whatever they want.

            But yeah, Israel is certainly emboldened by having such a powerful ally. That doesn’t make the US responsible for Israeli actions though.