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A Times visual analysis found that munition debris filmed at the scene was remnants of a GBU-39, a bomb designed and manufactured in the United States.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Yeah, he signed off those bombs and he is still the lesser of two evils.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago

At least he didn't sign the bombs

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

I'd rather not vote for evil at all.

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

Probably be the last time you can vote then. Enjoy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's unlikely. I am working on dual citizenship so at the very least I'll have a different country to be able to vote in.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lucky you - "I got mine, so fuck all the rest of you"

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

Not at all my mindset. I intend to vote in this upcoming election for the person that I think is best qualified for the position.

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

Your comment makes it sound like you condone his terrible behavior towards Palestinians for the last 3.5 years and his support of Israeli crimes.

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

I thought I didn't need to specify the sarcasm. and the hypocrisy of the neo libs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Poe’s Law of the internet; without a sarcasm tag ( /s ) there’s no way of knowing if you’re sarcastic or genuinely crazy. It could be either considering how nutty people are online.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Check out libertarian nomination Chase Oliver. He is very strong on anti-war. Don't vote for evil to avoid evil. Vote for someone who represents your views.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

This guy wants to abolish the US Department of Education and all federal education organizations, defund/privatize healthcare, and leave Ukraine to fall to Russia. No thanks.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (4 children)

I was on Reddit yesterday, the apologists there are fucking sickening. I swear Reddit was not like that before, years ago everybody on Reddit was well aware of what Israel was.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah we all got banned lol.

I even saw someone with a very old and active account and a mod of a big sub get perma banned by admins because he made a comment against Israel a few years ago.

Like straight up deleted everything. We only knew because revvedit managed to grab his last comment.

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

I'm wondering if Hasbara got decent amount of control of Reddit. They are on reddit, for sure, but I'm wondering how big their operation is. To me some of the comments and upvotes feel unnatural. Not like the reddit I remember at all and its making me think something fucky is going on.

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

Get a few in charge as mods of major subs and they can influence the conversations. It’s not too difficult and looks like it happened in worldnews and news subs.

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

Worldnews and News subreddit mods mass-banned all pro-Palestine commenters last October. The subs got dangerously unbalanced as a result.

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

Great time to switch to Lemmy.

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

I'm already on here way more than reddit. I just poke my head in every once in a while, get grossed out and leave

[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 months ago (4 children)

everybody on Reddit was well aware of what Israel was.

The most diverse, liberal, progressive nation in the Middle East?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

I did not know ethnonationalism wrapped up with religion was a liberal progressive value

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Hey look, it's everyone's favorite genocide denier spreading more bullshit.

What would happen to me if I said that the invasion of Gaza was a genocide in Tel Aviv? Would I be arrested?

Huh, What would happen?

Can I get married in Israel if I'm gay?

Does Israel threaten gay Palestinians with being outed if they don't cooperate as spies?

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

spreading more bullshit.

Which part was bullshit? I'll wait.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The bit where you call an ethnostate actively engaged in a genocide liberal and progressive.

I'm still waiting on you answering my questions.

Come on, I answered yours. You didn't even have to wait long.

I'll wait.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Arabs & muslims not having full rights and being 2nd class citizens is progressive and diversity? What are you on? Even fascist Erdoğan's Turkey is more progressive than that!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

So as a conservative, you must really dislike Israel right?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

U.S. officials have been pushing Israel to use more of this type of bomb, which they say can reduce civilian casualties.

This is the unique identifier code assigned by the U.S. government to Woodward, an aerospace manufacturer based in Colorado that supplies parts for bombs including the GBU-39.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You have to not fire it at civilians first.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Yeah it's designed to hit targets with little splash as possible and it does actually work - see that a Houthi SUV that was struck in traffic? That was us using precision munitions like the GBU-39, you'll notice it didn't even damage any nearby cars. It admittedly doesn't work if you deliberately aim it at civilians like these IDF assholes love to do.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Country Who Buys Weapons Exclusively From the US Found To Use Weapons Made in the US.

Fascinating.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Israel makes most of its own weapons (the Merkava can be made completely with domestic parts, unlike other countries' MBTs which rely on some foreign parts). Their policy is basically "we shouldn't completely rely on other countries because they might abandon us" (wonder why anyone would do that, hmm). That being said, I'm pretty sure they don't actually manufacture their own ammunition so I don't know if they produce their own bombs...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago

Time to mandate a reassessment from Blinken.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

🇺🇸 *And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free" 🦅