Speaking of Caesar, I think you vastly overestimate how useful a gun is against a bunch of determined guys with knives.
DdCno1
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Sounds nice in theory, but it works both ways: It would make political progress very difficult. Imagine a scenario in which e.g. trans rights are being rejected as unconstitutional in the past. The same politicians are then trying again in a different political climate year or decades later. This would be illegal according to your proposal.
Not to mention, it would be fairly trivial to circumvent this by using different politicians from the same party or an aligned interest group.
I was expecting something a bit more substantial than the equivalent of a tweet.
Don't put words in my mouth. That's not at all what I said and you know that, but you cared more about making a cheap shot than having a serious discussion.
If what you said were true, then Hamas would be more popular in Gaza (where Israeli bombs are falling) compared to the West Bank (where they are usually not). Except that's not at all the case.
Also, don't think I didn't notice how you glossed over me correcting your ridiculous claim about Israel having created Hamas by moving the goalposts to another generic social media talking point. Why are self-proclaimed pro-Palestinians only using the same small number of paper-thin talking points?
Can we not post and upvote literal Chinese state media?
The Iraq invasion lead to over a million Iraqi refugees fleeing to Syria
Irrelevant. The kids Assad had tortured belonged to important Syrian families, not any refugees in the country.
the 2006 war between Lebanon and Israel (triggered by Israel’s illegal occupation of Lebanese territory that only the US recognizes)
Also irrelevant for the same reason and this land is only occupied, because it was used by Syrian forces for artillery shelling of Israel during the Six Days war. While the occupation isn't widely recognized, I really see no point in portraying it as a bad thing. Israel was attacked, they took a piece of land away from the enemy that would have made future attacks easier. Hardly an evil plot anyone needs to lose sleep over, other than Syria and Israel.
Not to mention, the 2006 war wasn't a war between Lebanon and Israel, it was one between Hezbollah and Israel - and certainly not one over the Golan Heights, which the terrorist group couldn't care less about.
utterly destroying Libya and turning it from the most prosperous African country to one that has open slave auctions
Libya saw an uprising that was supported by a Western coalition based on a UN resolution. Blaming America for the ensuing chaos makes no sense. It was morally the right choice to support the rebels.
Yemen too, now
Why blame America when Iran is responsible? Iran-backed and -directed Houthis fired first, including at American ships (but anything that floats in these waters). Again, it makes no sense to blame America for shooting back here, especially since everyone else, except for the UK, is either unwilling or unable (like China) to do so.
Back to Syria:
Did America pour grease on the fire once it started? Obviously, it literally backed the opposition groups and inflamed the civil war!
I don't think you are aware of this, but in a single prison, Assad has had about as many people murdered as died in the entire war in Gaza so far:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sednaya_Prison
Are you really blaming America for supporting groups that fight against such a monster?
There were almost 20,000 air strikes!
Let me do some whataboutism for a change: There were 45,000 Russian air strikes until 2019 alone, which, unlike American air strikes, primarily targeted civilians:
https://airwars.org/conflict/russian-military-in-syria/
And did US intervention in Syria help? Or did it make everything worse? I think we both know the answer.
No, I don't think we can agree on this either. There are now parts of Syria with democracy and human rights:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_Administration_of_North_and_East_Syria
I find it uncanny just how close this reply is to an idle thought I've had for many years.