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Israel’s male flagbearer at Friday’s opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games is believed to have signed bombs prior to them being fired against the Palestinians in Gaza, Anadolu has reported. Peter Paltchik, 32, used social media to show him writing “From me to you with pleasure” on munitions destined for Gaza.

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

It's a completely different situation. The entire paradigm was Israel's setup. In order for your analogue to work we'd have to have been completely blockading Japan for a decade, not just refusing to sell them oil. And we'd have to have interfered with their elections, refusing to let the winner actually take office. And we'd need decades of history where we wantonly murdered them for their land.

If you want to talk about American settlers in the old west, that would be the direct comparison. This is a tale we've seen before. And we're determined to stop it this time.

[–] randon31415 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I am sure there is some place America has been blockading for decades and interfering in elections that I could find to make a comparison, but my main point still stands that "completely out of the blue attacks" rarely are that.

[–] Maggoty 1 points 3 months ago

Sure. We can agree on that.