It's a show a power by the US rather than weakness, they can commit genocide and there's nothing anyone can do or is willing to do to stop them - no sanctions, no bans, no consequences. American warships are off the coast to ensure their ally is undisturbed, American arms provide the tools for the massacre and American politicians provide the political cover for it.
But there are consequences. Any idiot can chuck bombs about. But the loss of reputation takes longer to repair. Sun tzu said the acme of skill was winning without fighting. This requires skills which seem lacking in the United States now. It's not so long ago that the United States had great soft power. But it's expended it on Iraq, on Afghanistan, on Libya, on gaza. The winners out of this aren't the zionists or the Americans but the Iranians, Chinese and Russians. Sure, they're not particularly pleasant governments. But they can point to the Americans and this support of genocide, the likely forthcoming dropping of zelensky, and say 'we're not hypocrites unlike the Americans and we stick by our allies, unlike the americans'. As matters heat up in the Pacific the slaughter in gaza might turn out to be of greater importance than politicians in Washington believe
Whether it's strategically successful remains to be seen, although it may be in relative decline the lack of serious dissent within the US sphere suggests it has far from exhausted its soft power.
Thanks for clarifying what you were objecting to.
There is no Palestinian state. There is the Palesetinian Authority, which is not an independent entity and has no army, and is not at war. Some people call it a state, but it is not a state in the sense that is usually meant by that term. The Gaza Strip has an administration, but is still under occupation.
I'm now not sure what you're objecting to, tbh. Implicit in occupation (by a foreign power) is the international dimension of conflict and that is why the process is covered by international law. I think I'll leave it there as this is probably just a tedious interruption to the thread discussion.
what is the us sphere? are they the prime targets of us soft power?
If they aren't I would say it illustrates the US's influence being enough that alignment with it is seen as being in many states' self-interest without the need for too much specific targeting necessarily (although I'm sure there's plenty of that as well), which is a demonstration of power in itself. But this is besides the point really, the US might be damaged by its involvement in this genocide, that's a different matter to its intentions right now though.
he probably hasnt bothered with the testimony offered to Sarah Champion's Committee by the surgeon Nazam Mamode posted above by @Little legs.If not a genocide what other description could possibly convey the barbarity of what has gone on and is going on?
Truly a disgusting corrupt excuse for a human being. Rotten with dishonesty to his very core.
His argument,if you can call it that,being-"it can't be a genocide because its a (collective) punishment.
Ridiculous, that's like saying it can't be a cat because it's an animal.
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On that logic he could even deny the Holocaust. Starmer has to go.
and this is why the "Israel Is Finished" speculation thats cropped up this year doesn't ring true for me...its raw old fashioned genocidal state formation thats going on here, and its backed by the US and allies...how it fares in the decades to come is anyones guess...im not sure how any state is going to fare once we hit 3degree warming anywaySome predictions for where US policy on Israel/Palestine is going.
Trump’s unfinished business for ‘Greater Israel’
From annexation to UNRWA, Trump’s Israel advisors should be taken at their word — and Democrats won’t stand in their way, says Lara Friedman.
as a lawyer aware of the definition he knows thats a wise thing to do considering his administration is participating in it
