Comment on YSK: Israel is ethnically cleansing Lebanon

• toad@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Then let’s sanction america. Why are you such a genocide apologist simp?

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  • mech@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The US $ is the world currency for oil. Sanctioning America = sanctioning yourself.

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    • Zombie@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Sounds like a good reason to wean ourselves off of oil then, doesn’t it?

      If the apocalypse climate change won’t change people’s minds perhaps being controlled by a warmongering foreign state will.

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    • toad@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Oh i guess the pedophilia and genocide is fine then. My right to vroemvroem my fatass to my shitty office job is obviously more important than those lowly considerations

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    • Tiresia@slrpnk.net ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Iran has promised to let ships through from countries that sanction the US, so it would be a good way to get oil, actually. I’m sure the EU can give Venezuela air defense against US invasion in exchange for a good deal on their oil too.

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    • mrdown@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      middleeasteye.net/…/switzerland-halts-arms-export…

      Spain and switzerland show that you can refuse the usa orders and restrict stuffs from the usa

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  • Mulligrubs@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Why are you (whatever your country is) supporting America? Why is half the world using the US Dollar for international trade? How is your country enabling the USA?

    Do you think the USA are Nazis? Do you think if you sit at the table with Nazis, you’re a Nazi? Is your country sitting at the table?

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    • toad@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ofc they’re nazis. Our politicians were most probably filmed by the cia on jeffrey island fucking kids.

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• BrainInABox@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Oh no, not pressured! I guess you’ll just have to keep supporting genocide

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• mannycalavera@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Fair. But if any bloc in the world can do it it’s the European Union. But their members don’t give a shit otherwise they would have by now.

  The fact is no one in Europe cares about it. Years, decades, of weasel words and inaction. Years of illegal occupation and ifnoryof UN mandates. Years of on going genocide. But the people dying aren’t white Europeans… oh well too bad for them I suppose?

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  • Bigfishbest@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, and Pakistan and Indonesia have done what exactly? The Saudis have sanctioned and oil embargoed the US? Egypt has forced aid through the Gaza border? Turkey has seized American military bases? Right? Right? No.

    Everyone is complicit. More or less every nation would rather have peace and comfortable political discussions, rather than stand up against the world hegemon. Some tried, Libya, Iraq, Cuba, Venezuela, and Iran. Find me one country that has opposed the US in this? And before you say Spain, let me note that they haven’t even kicked out their ambassador. What do you want from Europe that no other country is willing to do?

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    • mannycalavera@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The difference is that European countries regularly proselytise how open and kind they are and how they respect the rule of law and international human rights. Pakistan / Saudi Arabia doesn’t 😄.

      Everyone is complicit.

      Yes. They are. But Europe should take a lead in this if I am honest. Leas by example that if you genocide people you can’t do business here.

      But that’s not going to happen.

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      • Bigfishbest@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I agree 100%, and as a European I am disgusted by the political elites here and have been since the Iraq War when I marched in protest against their obvious violations of international law. But the so called democracies of Europe are in many ways plutocracies beholden to the plutocracy of the US. I’ve voted, protested, written in the papers and been part of organizations, yet my opinions are by the majority considered radical and unrealistic. But at least in Europe, people like me are not put behind bars.

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  • Evotech@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I think sanctions have been tried a few times

    en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_sanctions_involving_Is…

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    • mrdown@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The sanctions should be on the state who is building colonies and not simply some random settlers and settler orgs

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