I am a follower and admirer of Noam Chomsky. I am critical of the government of Ukraine and US neocon involvement in instigating the war.

The shortest possible reason why I say US instigating the war, is this interview by Chomsky 8 years ago.

https://youtu.be/5Ni3j1mhU5M

The detailed history is in the book by Richard Sakwa called Frontline Ukraine.

Some other people that shaped my thinking about this issue are John Mearshiemer, the late Stephen F Cohen, and Peter Hitchens.

Support for Palestinians should be obvious.

Keep deluding yourself and others.

Arms sent to Ukraine will end up in criminal hands, says Interpol chief

Nato and EU sound alarm over risk of Ukraine weapons smuggling

You mean p00pin puppet?

You don’t matter

Tony will help them “voluntarily” migrate.

By mid-December, Israel had dropped 29,000 bombs, munitions and shells on the strip. Nearly 70% of Gaza’s 439,000 homes and about half of its buildings have been damaged or destroyed. The bombing has damaged Byzantine churches and ancient mosques, factories and apartment buildings, shopping malls and luxury hotels, theaters and schools. Much of the water, electrical, communications and healthcare infrastructure that made Gaza function is beyond repair.

Most of the strip’s 36 hospitals are shut down, and only eight are accepting patients. Citrus trees, olive groves and greenhouses have been obliterated. More than two-thirds of its schools are damaged.

By mid-December, Israel had dropped 29,000 bombs, munitions and shells on the strip. Nearly 70% of Gaza’s 439,000 homes and about half of its buildings have been damaged or destroyed. The bombing has damaged Byzantine churches and ancient mosques, factories and apartment buildings, shopping malls and luxury hotels, theaters and schools. Much of the water, electrical, communications and healthcare infrastructure that made Gaza function is beyond repair.

Most of the strip’s 36 hospitals are shut down, and only eight are accepting patients. Citrus trees, olive groves and greenhouses have been obliterated. More than two-thirds of its schools are damaged.

A great man once said…they hate us for our freedom.

Here is the archived version before they edited the headline.

https://web.archive.org/web/20231222012633/https://apnews.com/article/israel-gaza-bombs-destruction-death-toll-scope-419488c511f83c85baea22458472a796

In response, the IDF said it “has never, and will never, deliberately target journalists.”

Ofcourse

If anyone wants to dismiss this as a statement by an irrelevant fringe person, remember this: Poll results were also hawkish when it came to the use of force in Gaza: 57.5% of Israeli Jews said that they believed the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) were using too little firepower in Gaza

Some other gems

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich’s call for wiping out a Palestinian village

Smotrich - “there’s no such thing as a Palestinian people”

Knesset member Ariel Kallner calls for a “Nakba that will overshadow the Nakba of 48"

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir says his right to life outweighs Palestinians’ right to freedom of movement in the occupied West Bank

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon: I would prefer Islamic State to Iran in Syria

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant - We are fighting human animals