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Why Is US Congress Silent on the Manmade Nightmare It Is Enabling in Gaza? | Common Dreams
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But china tho.
But Australia tho.
But the entire EU tho.
But Canada tho.
But Brazil tho.
No one does anything. The US is crippled on the international front, this is literally the best time to stand up. Any country could go in and provide aid to Gaza. Any of them could stand up to Israel.
But none of them are, and no one cares. Especially here on lemmy where the only genocide that we talk about is the kind we can blame the US for.
The article posted mentions the United States. You are free to post articles about other states' complicity and start that conversation in a thread about the state/s you choose.
Oh it’s you. I can talk about whatever I want wherever I want in the comments. So can you. That’s the point of the internet.
If you want to have a polite discussion where neither of us make personal insults or say “so you’re saying….” or
Then let me know.
Sir, between the two of us, only one of us has been rude and insulting. I'd welcome any url of any thread where I've done that.
Secondly, isn't this the red herrings and whataboutery people upset with any criticism of their exceptionalim constantly bang on about?
I’m not saying you have, I’m saying if you can have a conversation, let’s do it. We can see who breaks first.
Post the article in a thread. I'm sure many of us will have plenty to say, if it posts in our feeds.
We are right here. Let’s talk about how no country on earth is providing aid to Gaza. Let’s talk about WHY that is. It’s not because of the US is selling weapons.
Related, India is attacking Pakistan—~95% Muslim.
No. You don't get to throw a tantrum because your feelings are hurt and you're incapable of reflecting on our complicity in war crimes.
Is anyone else complicit?
The thread is about how the US congress is silent about its complicity in the Gaza genocide. If you want to talk about how much you hate .ml and china (but actually just ml) that's fine, but don't pretend it's out of like to talk about the US' involvement in genocide in a thread about the US' involvement in genocide.
Right the entire topic is asking why a group of people aren’t talking about something. I’d like to expand that circle a little wider and ask, why the fuck as no one talking about it?
But I guess complaining about humanity is too broad for these people. They need something specific to hate. So let’s blame ~~Israel~~ the US.
I have no problem with China—just hypocritical ML, who don’t actually care about human lives in Gaza, just crushing the west.
You mean you support China's genocide of Uyghurs? You're consistent, I guess.
Sorry, only genocide that impacts the west matters. /s
Now you don't want to talk about China?
I’d be happy to talk about China—and everyone else—not helping the Muslim genocide.
I'd like to talk about the people who actively assist netanyahu with his genocide, since that's what the thread is about.
You only brought up China as a distraction until I started talking about the genocide they were directly involved in. Then for some reason you don't want to talk about them. Then again, you made it clear that you have no problem with genocidal China, just people to your left on the internet.
They aren’t to my left. They call themselves left, but that’s only lip service.
Ok. So anyone who is upset about the US' complicity in the genocide in Gaza but doesn't talk about China instead must be a tankie and therefore to your right?
If that’s the take you want to have for the purpose of arguing online, I can’t stop you. I understand you can only see in black and white.
If you have a better summary of your position, go right ahead.