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I know nothing should surprise me with these fucking people at this point, but my mouth still dropped open when I read that.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 6 days ago (11 children)

The “pager attack” killed 42 people, including two children and two healthcare workers, while wounding another 2,800 people. The attacks targeted public areas, including cars, streets, and supermarkets, and many of the wounded suffered eye, hand, and brain injuries. Many survivors needed surgery, and some victims went blind or had to have their limbs amputated. One of the attacks killed an 11-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl, along with a nurse. At a funeral for some victims, another electronic device attack was carried out by Israel, wounding more people. It’s unknown how many Hezbollah operatives the attack actually killed.

“That was a great operation,” Trump reportedly told Netanyahu, after being given the morbid gift.

I can not believe this man was voted in. I can not believe this time line is real.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 6 days ago (1 children)

You should see the hasbarists that tried to tell me that the operation was highly successful since it killed the children of Hezbollah operators, and that was its intended victims. Basically these people consider children to be very valid and normal targets to the point that you are a fool for thinking it is wrong.

In all honesty at that point I am actually surprised at the restraint that Hamas and everyone else has had on them. Iran and even the Houthis defeated Israel's Iron Dome and David's Sling so many times it isn't funny, but they still act like it is some impenetrable forcefield that has never been defeated. Also all of the targets by Hezbollah and Iran have been purely military targets or symbolic while also pulling some major punches, while Israel targets civilians with wanton abandon and with the intent to do as much damage as possible to civilians and civilian infrastructure.

When Israel did get (mostly warhead-less) missiles launched at it, they expressed shock and acted as if Iran was some idiotic child-like state that did not understand that these are weapons that could hurt people. In the meantime they revel in the murder of children and civilians and even when releasing hostages as a part of their deal, they open fire at their buses.

And Israel has always been like this. It isn't new.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Even if the genocide ended tomorrow, I'm just never buying Israeli electronics again. I've been boycotting Sony all this time for a mere rootkit.

If you haven't already, you should boycott people who booby-trap their products.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I'm not trying to say gotcha. But just pointing out that you can add Intel to that list since they have a fab there.

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 days ago (63 children)

Phew. Good thing we didn't vote for Kamala.

/s

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 6 days ago (5 children)

One day, decades from now, people will read about these men in the same way we read about Mussolini and Hitler. They'll be reading with bated breath about the atrocities they committed and we'll be asked by our grandchildren how was it possible to even happen. Hopefully they'll live in a world where none of this would be possible and they won't comprehend the evil and cruelty that we got to witness, they won't be able to understand how so many millions cheered for these monsters. Come to think of it, I don't understand why so many millions cheer for them today.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If it's anything like Reagan, there's probably going to be some revisionism.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Israel had invested billions and continues to invest record numbers every year into propaganda and desinformation, in particular revisionism of its own history. And countries like the US and Germany are helping them with it.

For instance in some places in Germany it was decided to make it mandatory for teachers to use a leaflet called "Mythos Nakba" - Nakba myth, which is claiming the ethnic cleansing of around 750.000 Palestinians before and during the formation of Israel in 1948 to be a "myth". Of course this leaflet comes from an Israeli propaganda organization, with connections to the government funded "Zentralrat der Juden" - central council of Jews. The "Zentralrat" used to be a representation of Jews in Germany but has been usurped into a key organization of Israeli propaganda in Germany over the past decades, while continuing to claim to represent the mainstream of Jews in Germany.

This is particularly insane in Germany, where denial of the Holocaust is a common trope of the fascists too.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Netanyahu is a Nazi confirmed.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

Always has been.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Can't even make this shit up anymore.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

We did it Patrick we saved Pal.... ehh.. I'm too depressed to finish

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The sick Orange POS would take a gold Tokarev pistol from Stalin.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

And put it on his desk in the Oval Office next to the Diet Coke button.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I hope this one blows up too

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

IF they had verified each individual target before detonating it could have been the single operation with the highest success rate for hitting actual militants and the lowest civillian casualties out of everything Israel has done lately, but instead they just detonated like a thousand pagers and pissed off Lebanon immediately after a US Diplomat came by to criticize them for escalating tensions in Lebanon.

Actually, it still might be. Pretty low bar.

I wonder if Trump's Gold Apollo will blow up, too.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

That last bit was my thought too, I ain't taking a pager from that dude. Gold or otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago

That's fucking macabre... And since it's from Israel, there's probably a bug in the pager too...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

I have been complaining about getting tricked by [email protected] several times over. Oh would I love to be tricked right about now.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago

Terrorism twins

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