To be fair, and to paraphrase The Big Lebowski: He's not wrong - he's just an asshole.
In most representative democracies the head of state and head of government are two distinct offices for precisely this reason.
To be fair, and to paraphrase The Big Lebowski: He's not wrong - he's just an asshole.
In most representative democracies the head of state and head of government are two distinct offices for precisely this reason.
They're just going to go in and murder everyone that refuses or is unable to flee. We all know it's going to happen.
Moreover: There will be no political consequences for any European or American policy-maker that is helping this massacre happen.
This is the end of the "Rules based order." It wasn't a very good system, but it provided a modicum of protection and humanity in a very brutal world.
Suggest you forward your fact-based info as an Amicus Curiae brief to the ICJ, and/or to Israeli barristers who will deeply appreciate your hard work on behalf of Zionism.
Otherwise ... fuck off.
You mean the man with a reputation for not paying his lawyers is having trouble finding competent legal council?
I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you.
as part of an Israeli plan to construct a security zone just inside Gaza—to which Palestinians would be barred entry.
INSIDE Gaza. They already built their apartheid prison-wall inside Gaza, in violation of international law or Palestinian consent. Now they are going to take even more land for their concentration camp.
These are the types of cases where it pays to be lenient.
Without going deeply into the history & tactics of dealing with insurgencies: If the goal is social stability and reconciliation - it is best to be lenient the first time, but then be absolutely over-the-top brutal the second.
10 more votes than expected.
The point of the ICJ and laws against genocide and ethnic cleansing is to protect minorities, like, say, Jews.
So if they're saying that those post WWII rules are now null and void... then there's nothing to protect them once the US Empire either withdraws or loses interest in providing cover.
I see no downside whatsoever.
Read this as 'Trans'. X-D
Wait ... you mean the Canadian government is willing to step in to make sure their people can get access to medications? Isn't that communism or something?
Anyone who would get enjoyment from watching this kind of event has a diseased soul. As has been said elsewhere: It's BumFights with a higher budget.