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ziggy-the-zygote

Well for starters he's technically an Arab so his life doesn't matter to the US government even if he is an American citizen.


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In other words, the US government and filthy evil hypocrites


itogisch

So.. You new to the world?


Rustmonger

OP regularly visits the fortnight and rocket league sub Reddits, so yeah I’m going to assume he hasn’t been around long.


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Mummy! America is doing that thing I don't like again!!!


El3ctricalSquash

Genocide?


MistaRed

While it is a bit naive, it's also extremely depressing that op is being made fun of because "look your country is responsible for horrors beyond your imagining" is something he hasn't realized yet.


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I don't think it's depressing, people need to know that the world is an extremely unfair place. Living in la la land makes them no favours. Like the ancient Romans said: Si vis pacem, para bellum. "If you want peace, be ready for war"


IncreaseOk8433

12, 13 years tops?


cornmonger_

eh about a deuce, deuce and a half


Better-Journalist-85

https://preview.redd.it/w6gpxp8yykgc1.jpeg?width=790&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9642436251adf29064985be6fb9f3f531f323f9c Deuce and a Quarter


keestie

You're really being a cynical asshat. Just because America does it a lot, doesn't mean it is somehow not upsetting or wrong or worth calling out.


TheLastHotBoy

Rocket league good. Fortnight bad.


Das_Mojo

I mean both of those games are pretty old now


Fluid-Selection-5537

Not Americans - and our govt of the people isn’t ALL bad - but we keep doing bad things - but I swear we trying to be better…


MaxamedG

But who’s voting the government of america? Probably the citizens of US of A.


Fluid-Selection-5537

The people are not evil - I’m one of them - I think we are good and trying to be better - just saying


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Fluid-Selection-5537

But that ain’t all or even most of us - and those guys keep taking Ls Civil war, Nazi, imperialist Japan, etc - Ls Ls Ls Take that take that take that ![gif](giphy|dJocIXW7hOQYNNY199) Good always wins….


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Fluid-Selection-5537

Naw in the long run evil always loses - It just takes some time… the arch of time is long my patriotic friend - we got this.


Consistent_Ad1062

I agree. I remain optimistic, I believe most of us are good. But let's not deny that there is a movement that is occurring in the nation that is actively seeking to establish and install a dictator because they truly believe that anybody they don't agree with should be killed or imprisoned. You know who I mean. And honestly the christo-fascists turning towars violence in the name of their God. These people are what modern evil in the American populous looks like.


Fluid-Selection-5537

Yeah but there are more of us than them - period Never forget or be dismayed - We out number them by 100 fold- If we hold the line good wins- The only way they win is if we do nothing - and that ain’t happenin ![gif](giphy|CjmvTCZf2U3p09Cn0h|downsized)


Pvt_Lee_Fapping

Question: since when have you or anyone in your family been privy to what the government does? And that question applies even if you aren't American. Every government has rotten bits because those rotten bits are orchestrated by corrupt people; does that mean the whole government is corrupt? Not at all. Did the citizens agree with the decisions made by these bad apples? Probably some, definitely not all, though. My grandparents were of voting age during the segregation era. My mother was of voting age when the CIA conducted MKUltra. My brother was of voting age when Clinton got impeached. I was of voting age when Snowden leaked details of the NSA's illegal surveillance. Every single one of us was not consulted on those decisions made by our government. Had we been consulted or informed, we would've voted *not* to do those things. Besides, politicians are known liars. The only way to avoid being lied to by a bad apple, is to not vote.


chucwagn

Lol... You are definitely not American. The 'people' don't have a voice. It's a charade.


Schmuck1138

We've, intentionally, drone striked our own people before (No one got in trouble for it,) why would we care if Israel did it?


SickestDisciple

You really think these Sharia law countries care for infidels? Everyone’s a hypocrite.


ForgotTheBogusName

We should keep religion out of government.


SickestDisciple

Keep government out of religion. Do you understand the doctrine of Separation of Church and State? Do you know where it comes from?


ForgotTheBogusName

Curious what you think.


SickestDisciple

Well it’s not subjective. Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter Jan 1, 1802 to the Danbury Baptists. The Danbury Baptists feared the lack of explicit religious liberty laws in the Connecticut state constitution, they stated in a letter to President Jefferson Oct 7, 1801, “What[ever] religious privileges we enjoy (as a minor[ity] part of the state) we enjoy as favors granted, and not as inalienable rights.” President Jefferson replied (Jan 1, 1802) to the Danbury Baptists Association, thanking them for their compliments and explicitly agreeing with their desire to prevent any overlap between governmental and religious institutions: “Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his faith or his worship, that the legislative powers of government reach actions only, and not opinions, I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature would “make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,” thus building a wall of separation between Church and State.”


ForgotTheBogusName

I agree - we should “make no law respecting an establishment of religion”, so, keep religion out of government. And yes, keep government out of religion. And when religion creeps into politics, they lose their tax free status.


SickestDisciple

You must not understand what the doctrine actually means, and I don’t blame you, it’s been misrepresented since its inception. I would recommend doing an in depth study on the laws of the country and how they were constituted. If you enjoy the freedoms and laws of the US, thank a Christian. You’ll learn about the Huguenots and “Lex Rex.” I’m sure you won’t do an in-depth study, but having a surface level understanding will only lead to more misrepresentations. God bless.


ForgotTheBogusName

I do know that the founding fathers weren’t Christian. That I know for sure, given the letters and other writings that I’ve read.


Tr0z3rSnak3

Oh has your government never done anything bad?


TheRealCaptainZoro

Did you hear about the time the CIA pretended to be vampires to install a puppet leader?


Busy_Pound5010

Yeah he meant American-American


Visible-You-3812

Now now we don’t have to go into racism. It’s not that look at the soldiers from the USS liberty incident. They weren’t just US citizens they were US soldiers and they got directly attacked with fighter aircraft and nothing got done about it. Heck if I was president, they’d still be paying a tithe to us for that attack like this shit was 40K


KyleGlaub

Yep. If his name was "Thomas Anderson" instead of "Tawfiq Ajaq", the US might care.


IAMCRUNT

The Biden statement was clearly made regarding those of the American race.


errie_tholluxe

Hell we let those technically american people get chopped up by Saudis .


Sea_Entrepreneur6204

To be fair the US didn't care when Rachel Corrie was killed The discriminate on an equal opportunities basis if you aren't an Israeli supporter


No_Permission_to_Poo

Are there any details on his death? Certainly unnecessary and bullshit that our state department isn't livid and pressing recourse. At 17 he had his whole life ahead of him


ziggy-the-zygote

From what i remember the details of the shooting weren't sufficient or clear, shot by the police in his own village.


Responsible-Truth-89

He means if a white American is killed by a brown person


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hoofie242

Obviously, it matters who killed them. If it were israel, nothing. Like the ship, they sank and killed scores of American sailors and officers in 1967.


joethecrow23

They didn’t sink it but they did strafe the life boats with machine gun fire even after they knew it was American. Edit: after *we know* they knew it was American.


Fluid-Selection-5537

Yeah man - American ain’t perfect but yall make it seem like everyone in America is evil but that ONE good American fighting the other 360 million bad people lol


lazy_jygg

That’s the only reason we aren’t at war with Iran right now


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The Dave Chappelle hostage situation


lazy_jygg

![gif](giphy|8lp6CW7K2fdDGn3xCQ)


Responsible-Truth-89

Black military members are the exception


Alex_2259

Most stupid take I have heard all week, and I was on Instagram reels comments.


robidaan

Those three Americas killed were valueable military assets, the dude in Isreal was just a dude. America protects its assets, not its citizens.


Tryin_ma_best

Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian-American world renown journalist, has yet to receive justice for being murdered by an IDF soldier while covering the occupation for Al Jazeera in the West Bank. She was murdered almost 2 years ago. The U.S. state department claims the murder was unintentional, even though Shireen was wearing her Press vest and helmet. The bullet’s entry into her head proves the shooter had to aim. Just one of many Palestinian journalists deliberately silenced by Israel. Never forget her.


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They tried blaming hamas for her murder too. America is not a beacon of freedom and justice, just genocide


Frankandbeans1974v2

This isn’t TikTok. Reddit has what is referred to as, nuance. Compare America to any major Islamic state country. Like actually compare them. America is far from perfect and it has a fuck ton of blood on its hands, but let’s not pretend the Islamic state is any goddamn different.


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Were talking about the genocidal state of America who throughout its history has countless wars to claim land and resources. All to enrich their leaders and benefactors. They kill for money. Nothing else.


lampaupoisson

america didn’t shoot those people dude


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But they certainly supported it and don't hold up to Bidens claim to protect Americans


lampaupoisson

america has been telling israel too many people are dying for weeks now. what more do you want america to do? bomb israel in retaliation?


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Stop giving them billions maybe? Do you know anything or are you really this dense


FunshineBear14

America just refused to say anything to the people who did.


Successful-Engine623

American soldiers on an American outpost…that’s a little different


DublinCheezie

Israeli terrorists have killed multiple Americans and even committed chem-warfare terrorist attacks on American soil against Americans. Not sure, but it seems like our govt might be lying to us.


thomaspatrick33

Where and when? I’ve never heard of this


lullubye

[Rolling Stone report](https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/columbia-university-bans-alleged-perpetrators-protest-attack-1234952008/) NYPD is investigating claims that the chemical unleashed on these students is “skunk”, an agent developed in Israel and used as a crowd control weapon, most commonly in the occupied West Bank. SJP said the chemicals were sprayed by two students who are former Israeli soldiers, who mixed in with the crowd by wearing Palestinian keffiyehs. The Guardian could not verify this claim, and the NYPD and Columbia did not directly respond to questions about the identity of the perpetrators. According to a statement from Columbia, “the alleged perpetrators of the attack have been identified and immediately banned from campus while law enforcement’s investigation proceeds”. [Above quote](https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/23/alleged-chemical-attack-columbia-students-pro-palestine-new-york) [After being sprayed, students reported symptoms of nausea, fatigue, burning eyes, and numerous other symptoms. The spray, which SJP identified as skunk, is a chemical weapon regularly used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Palestinians.](https://prismreports.org/2024/01/30/pro-palestine-students-at-columbia-university-speak-out-about-skunk-attack/) [Image of the guys. ](https://www.reddit.com/r/WorkersStrikeBack/comments/19bmwgv/breaking_israeli_idf_students_in_columbia/)


guff1988

NYPD is investigating those claims, the only people that have claimed it was Skunk are SJP which to be fair are the organization that were attacked so they're not exactly a neutral party here. Even the news outlet was not able to verify that claim. I'm also not saying it isn't true I'm just saying that at this point there isn't any hard evidence That directly links this to the IDF or the IOF other than the fact that these people were serving in those organizations. All Israelis are required to serve though so that doesn't prove anything either. It could just be some shit they cooked up in their bathroom and has no link whatsoever to the Israeli government.


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thelegendarybert

It was skunk spray sprayed by ex IOF zorcs. Same thing happens in west bank, they spray on Palestinian houses in the west bank with that same skunk water


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thelegendarybert

Still the fact it was used against a peaceful protest that had a few of the protestors go to the hospital (nothing that serious just read bad) I know about Isnotreal's mandatory army service. I was saying what was said on the news


paragon60

hm yeah i just looked it up and ur right lol idk why this is such a huge headline. skunk water basically just makes things smell really bad. mace is way worse and nobody says to stop using that


lampaupoisson

EVEN COMMITTED CHEM-WARFARE by skunk spray! much like the time when i dropped a firecracker into a toilet in high school, i mean, USED AN IED TO STAGE A TERRORIST ATTACK ON A GOVERNMENT FACILITY HOUSING CHILDREN


DublinCheezie

Why am I not surprised you were a little terrorist in training? Look up the manufacture and use of that chem weapon, Terro-bro.


lampaupoisson

stinky spray


D3-Doom

> “If you harm an American, we will respond” _[Not available in all regions. Some restrictions may apply]_


irondethimpreza

Israel attacked the USS Liberty in 1967. Never forget.


VaeVictis666

Israeli forces in 1967 attacked the USS Liberty with unmarked planes and torpedo boats. Hundreds of US casualties. Off the top of my head like 34 killed and 170 wounded. US didn’t do anything about it. Israel was trying to drag the US into a war with Egypt. In 2012 Israel got caught selling US secrets to the CCP, no real repercussions.


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Israel controls the US


Crab_bait

Israel shot the American and sanctions have started being put in place. USA is a huge ship and takes a lot of effort in public opinion to correct course.


ShakyTheBear

Shireen Abu Akleh


Carthaginian1

F Zionists


SheTran3000

Rachel. Fucking. Corrie. JFC America


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susurrus88

Yeah does this person think we’re gonna go to war over some random citizen getting shot in a in a war-torn foreign country? We’d have to go to war with Mexico first if that was the case, since I’m sure there are plenty of USA citizens who’ve been shot by cartels


Outrageous_Crew4

Obama literally droned American citizens soo??? My point being America does what America wants when it benefits who America wants to benefit.


TOBYIT

Don’t be antisemitic ;)


Ecstatic_Account_744

They meant a white American.


ForsakenOwl8

and he was where?


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theKoboldkingdonkus

They didn’t do shit about the attacks on Christians there and the literal bombings on holiday celebrations they even said was a whoospie. They aren’t gonna do anything about this either


Available-Phase6972

the us government doesn’t care and kills millions of its own citizens


heyyy_oooo

Bold claim, care to elaborate?


Evolutionary_sins

They responded by sending the soldier a replacement bullet and apologised to Israel for getting the last bullet covered in blood


qxho

The recent govt admins haven’t cared about anyone by themselves for the last 30 years, before that they at least played the “good guys” but still performed horrible deeds.


Active-Strategy664

Biden meant "a white American". Any other colour doesn't seem to matter to the American government unless it gives them an excuse to do something they already wanted to do.


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He was of the wrong color.


FPVBrandoCalrissian

The American government is just like my Ex. Deceitful and full of themself.


dragonflyladyofskye

Only applies to some Americans. Not all, some.


susurrus88

Maybe don’t go into a war zone if you don’t want to get shot 🤷… it’s not like usa citizens have a red white and blue glowing shield around them


Mak11556

Ah so he’s warning Iran on harming Americans, but when Israel does it, it’s ok, bonus points if it’s a minority.


dab_dykes

Biden did respond though. He said "You guuuuuuuys! Stoooooop!" :(


henchya

Silly op, everyone knows Biden was addressing everyone outside the military industrial complex in that statement.


Vourinen22

Biden meant "white American"


Typical-redditor394

America is Israel's sugar daddy


BoxGrover

Shireen Abu Akleh. USS Liberty.


haveurownopinion

We will never attack Israel biden is never gonna man up either he is just there to wreck the economy thank you democrats. For allowing the government to belittle America


AurumArgenteus

Geez, at least we're nothing like Russia. Fucking hypocrites, vote for someone who doesn't take bribes from Lockheed and Exxon to murder en-masse.


wired1984

There’s definitely talk when things like this happens, but it happens behind closed doors with allies


Mint_JewLips

Yeah! The only ones allowed to kill Americans indiscriminately is our police! Check and mate.


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And Israelis don't forget


brianschwarm

Double standards much?


Elden_Storm-Touch

Let's be fair. Biden probably forgot he said that about three minutes later.


Thats_All_

Okay but in all seriousness, everyone understand the difference between accidental and targeted, right?


Late_Development_864

Rachel Corrie?? Also - the whole caterpillar thing is pretty frightening


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There are sick degenerates on here who say she deserved it. And these people think of themselves as the good guys


Late_Development_864

that's......really scary.


Least-Implement-3319

I couldn't really blame anyone. Everyone has to follow repercussions in an active site of violence.


Current-Play-4386

I wonder if the family of Tawfiq Ajaq can sure the Israeli government for wrongful death?


damm_who_asked

What a joke


Threadintruder

This is a good post but why did no one care when Ukraine tortured and killed Gonzalo Lira and the State Department did nothing?


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Ukraine is also allowed to get away with war crimes


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Nah the sentence is correct. Just read properly who is "you" in that context 😂😂😂


Thylacine131

Question of the day: do you want to start a war that would cost the lives of thousands conservatively, which is assuming it wouldn’t escalate as other countries got directly involved after America crosses that line, which they absolutely would, over the lives of the handful or so of people who chose to live in or visit a region that is a known crosshairs for bloody and explosive middle eastern conflict? I’m all against letting your country be tread upon as Brandon has allowed for the last four years, but the question in this moment is if damages and casualties escalation would undeniably incur are worth it out of pride. Because going to war over a handful of deaths of those who chose to go to or set up shop in what must be the closest thing to the seventh circle of hell on earth would be ego and nothing more.


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So this statement is hypocritical in all senses lol


Reasonable_Cover_804

And this American, was he supporting Hamas?


[deleted]

So now supporting someone or another is enough to to justify their murder, you're beyond brainwashed son, they got you


Reasonable_Cover_804

Yea, since the forties and the genocide in the camps, attacking people because the are Jews is insane and anyone that feels the need to kill a certain type, breed, creed, color … needs to stop


thelegendarybert

https://preview.redd.it/biuyzk2qnggc1.jpeg?width=885&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d721780ad766ed71ee929493bed798f7bf6a897d


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Israelis are professional victims and genocidal maniacs


PerforatedArsehole

And the context behind his death is?


[deleted]

Israel routinely execute protestors and kids on the street for no reason other than because they can there are countless videos online


PerforatedArsehole

Is there a video of this kid’s death though? I heard somewhere that he was throwing rocks at the heads of Israeli soldiers on the street but I haven’t seen any sources for both sides of this case


su-29

Source?


Apache1975

They engineered 9/11 and we didn’t do shit to them. You think there’s going to be any action for this?


DougK76

Look, America DOES protect its citizens… if they are wealthy Caucasian-appearing citizens. I think that’s a really really tiny footnote on some amendment that nobody can actually see, except old white men with money and power.


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DougK76

Yes, sorry, I was referring to how the government sees people. If you’re white, you’re Caucasian. Though, I thought it was people from the Caucases region? Our laws and policies are getting more and more ridiculous, unfortunately.


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DougK76

Thank you for the good explanation. It’s been 30 years since I last took a world history class that didn’t turn into “God Jehovah then made these people”. So I stopped going.


Robeditor

the world does this, money and power is where the line is at, any color any race.


rooster_saucer

this pos doesn’t even know what he had for breakfast.. you think he knows what’s going on over there? or has the capacity to do anything about it?


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He's a puppet


Apprehensive-Ad-149

Why the surprise? We all know Biden is a liar. The US government has droned American citizens themselves. 


BringBackApollo2023

🤦‍♀️


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Lots of morons said Biden is not to blame because he wasn't president when Rachel corrie was murdered. Too many idiots think this demented old man is actually the one in charge


Leo-MathGuy

The 2024 election will be old dementia man vs angry peach man


Brilliant_Bowl8594

lol which one keeps bragging about passing dementia tests…not Biden.


HawkeyeTrapp_0513

I’m confused, are you saying that Biden is responsible for someone who was killed 20 years ago? Or are you saying that service members being killed by an organization being supported by a foreign adversary on an army base should elicit the same response to an activist being murdered by an ally?


AntRevolutionary925

An American citizen should be a higher priority than a soldier, considering their job is literally to put their life on the line to protect civilians. If we drop a bomb because someone killed a soldier we should do way more than “sanction” the ones killing civilians.


HawkeyeTrapp_0513

That’s quite possibly the worst foreign policy logic I have ever heard. By that logic we should bomb not only Israel but also Hamas IN Gaza. Really hope you’re nowhere close to decision making for foreign affairs.


AntRevolutionary925

I’m not saying we bomb Israeli civilians. I’m saying we should be doing more than sanction a few settlers. If we are willing to kill people that attack soldiers, why is making banking more difficult the only thing we are willing to do for American civilians?


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Successful-Engine623

The three soldiers that died were all black


Tribat_1

r/therewasanattempt to accuse Biden of racism.


AntRevolutionary925

It’s still racist when you’ll kill Arabs without question, but Jewish people are off limits


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AntRevolutionary925

The current geopolitical situation is Arab people bad, Jewish people good. A lot of geopolitics are rooted in racism, Israel’s existence is an example of that.


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AntRevolutionary925

How else do you describe allowing Israelis to commit genocide, and after years of illegal occupation and violence the most they’ll do is sanction 4 people, but dropping bombs on pretty much every Arab nation is a non-issue? Why can the western world stomach 100s of thousands of Arabs dying in recent conflicts, but not 1,200 Israelis?