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Several organizations and bodies have issued statements or reports characterizing Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza as a genocide or a war crime. It is important to note the specific legal terms they use, as there are distinctions in international law.

Declarations of Genocide or Acts of Genocide

International Court of Justice (ICJ): In a case…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
The U.S. should declare “A plague on both your houses” and stay out of it.

I’d be really happy if Iranians can defeat their theocracy, which would (imo) likely defeat major support for hamas, hezbollah, and houthis in the long run. And it would keep nuclear bombs out of the hands of terrorist, apocalyptic servants of their pur…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
Some serious FAFO going on in Trump’s base.

Gawd I hated forcing myself to listen to that very long list of anecdotes copy/pasted from social media as if they’re meaningful, statistically. I generally skim youtube comments to get a feel for the room, where the idiocy in comments can be horribly tribal and angsty, but I won’t ever d…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
@Pope Beanie Don’t be naive. Trump has a pathology. Psychopathology? Sociopathology? or a toxic blend of both? I think that’s for sure.

Pathology or whatever, he’s a wannabe authoritarian, with enough minions to support that dream/fantasy. I said some time ago that his erratic behavior could come in handy one day, and maybe the cea…[Read more]

@jakelafort

Iranian crimes against its own people vs. Israeli genocide against its Palestinian subjects

The U.S. should declare “A plague on both your houses” and stay out of it.

Some serious FAFO going on in Trump’s base.

But why should he care? He won the election, surrounded himself with “yes” people, and is in a position to wield the lethal power he’s been lusting for almost unchecked. Yesterday (or the day before?) the Supremes asserted that he absolutely can round up and…[Read more]

@Pope Beanie

Don’t be naive. Trump has a pathology. Psychopathology? Sociopathology? or a toxic blend of both? I think that’s for sure.

He’s been itching to feel wielding lethal power and I think he enjoyed bombing Iran probably mostly because of his blood lust, knowing that he probably killed a bunch of Iranian scientists by collapsing their…[Read more]

Late edit: Oops, I swear I wasn’t trolling here. I didn’t watch the whole video before posting it. It’s obviously not just “reporting”, but also editorial. 🙂

Mullah-land has to be feeling pretty defeated right now, and more cautious about their next move(s), while still responding somehow, even if mostly symbolically. They don’t care about the Iranian people as much as they care about how they look in the eyes of Allah. And their perception of what Allah probably wants from them is myopic, indeed.…[Read more]

Unseen, I’ve liked the Midas Touch guy (and the other guy who’s often with him), but this is the first “panic mode” performance from him I’ve seen. And he’s the one saying others are in panic mode. Shit, practically everyone is in panic mode now, I think even you?

I’m not mocking you, I feel for you. My point, since so many are in panic mode and…[Read more]

Israel may not be satisfied with negotiating yet. I think they want a decisive end to that Iranian regime.

I can’t see any other viable option for Israel. If the Iranian regime is not ended, it will grow another ugly head and just start to refinance and restock Hamas and Hezbollah, both of whom are terrorist branches of Iran.

What Bibi wants, Bibi gets. Israel pretty much gets its own seat at Trump’s Security Council. For totally unbiased contributions, no doubt. Our supposed “allies” like the UK, France, Germany, etc., don’t even get that privilege.

Oh, but am I wrong in thinking they are allies anymore?

https://youtube.com/shorts/5Dsu2uJI-9o?si=ejAhChJJW_FABybW

Anyone who doesn’t see a potential for WW3 here has their head up their ass.

TheEncogitationer wrote:
North Korea…can get their oil elsewhere. All this makes Iran’s options rather limited without domestic production.

I’d worry most about N. Korea. They have nuclear weapons, as you said, and are even better than Trump at seeming both hostile and unpredictable. Even if they gave Iran some nuclear missiles without any s…[Read more]

To those who poo poo the idea that Israel could spark WW3, it turns out that there’s more than one way for Iran to get some nukes.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
“What is it like to be a pistachio tree on the outskirts of Tehran?” Nervous, they don’t like being shelled.

I got it. LOL