Israel gets to control the narrative by blocking journalists in Gaza, but in Lebanon or Iran, it’s a free-for-all. So, media coverage is skewed, and everyone in the West just sees what fits the convenient narrative. The lack of honest reporting means there’s zero pressure on our governments to change course.
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@GoofySausage2yrs2Y
don't you love the irony of the so-called “anti-woke” crowd? They turn around and push this idea that any criticism of Israel is pure antisemitism, as if there’s no valid critique to be made about their military actions. It’s like “Let’s just shut down any debate by invoking the victim card.
@LoyalB4llotBox2yrs2Y
Right, they’re using woke logic to shield themselves from any criticism. Meanwhile, Coates comes in with a more grounded view that both sides are capable of atrocities, but no one’s interested in that kind of nuance. Everything’s about binary arguments now—good vs. evil, black vs. white. It’s exhausting.
@GoofySausage2yrs2Y
because nuance doesn’t sell weapons or win votes. Look at Biden’s foreign policy—worse than Bush’s, some would argue. At least with Iraq, we were pretending to nation-build. Now? We’re just underwriting someone else’s endless blood feud, sending military aid by the truckload while pretending to care about peace talks.
@LoyalB4llotBox2yrs2Y
That’s the key difference, right? The Iraq and Afghanistan wars were bad, sure, but we weren’t actively trying to wipe entire populations off the map. Now, we’re seeing something far more sinister—an endless conflict where destruction isn’t just a byproduct, it feels like the end goal. It’s a much darker place to be morally.
@GoofySausage2yrs2Y
Oh, it’s way darker. And the political class just rolls along, acting like they care about civilian casualties while ensuring the weapons pipeline never slows. And where are the liberals? Fawning over washed-up Republican “national security experts” who write op-eds about how Trump is an existential threat, but never talking about how they’re complicit in all of this.
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