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sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · Dec 2

Here for a week just reacting to stuff so it's time for an intro post.

Retired and fine with it. Studied and taught psychology at several German universities. Never lost interest in my fellow human beings. I‘m into books, movies, silly stuff, food. I enjoy viewpoints that differ from my own.

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sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 7h

For a malignant narcissist like him taking a life is the ultimate power-high.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 7h

This is not normal. This is dementia.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 7h

This is not normal. This is dementia.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 7h

There are no human 'races' in the biological nomenclature, true. But it is a very real concept for people who describe themselves and others in these terms (Unless you live in a society where you mostly meet people who look more or less like you, then it doesn't figure in your everyday life).

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 7h

Yes, Netanyahu has crossed almost every red line. And the US government did not stop him. Is it malicious intent or weakness? I still say weakness/stupidity.

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sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 7h

I can only reiterate the start of this discussion - it was not whether Biden was complicit in the genocide, but whether that was his explicit political aim.

The effect is the same, of course. Yet the question whether he was deluded and weak or a homicidal maniac seems to me of significance.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 7h

Yes, the Balfour Declaration started this mess. But that was in the past. I am wary of historical claims that do not take into account that a lot of time has passed and new generations have appeared. Like Taiwan. Or Crimea.

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sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 7h

We do not differ in our evaluation of the Gaza policy of Biden. What we differ in is in what he may have wanted. I still find it credible that he wanted a 2-state-solution:
www.youtube.com/shorts/2M8t6...

The Only Real Solution is a Two-State Solution

YouTube video by U.S. Department of State

www.youtube.com

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sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 7h

The interesting thing in this article are the justifications the US gave for their decision to veto this (I cannot say if these reasonings were genuine). Yet the appearance mattered indeed and by their veto they saved Netanyahu from being pressured.

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sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 8h

No? Well the best way to clear him from this suspicion would be to release the Epstein Files, I suppose.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 8h

Actually - no. The most they lean left to are social democracies - a very different thing from socialists.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 8h

This is not normal. This is dementia.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 8h

If they truly believed that the No-Kings-protestors were in it for the money, the simplest thing they could do was to pay them even more for not showing up.

But they do not even attempt that.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 8h

Maybe a good time for a reminder that in Germany the AFD's youth organization was investigated, deemed unconstitutional because of their pro-Nazi statements and behavior and banned.

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sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 8h

Trump is wholly transactional - see Qatar and the Saudis. If Israel pays him enough, he will support them in anything. And of course he likes autocrats, they give credibility to his own ambitions.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 8h

He was in the company of many nations' leaders that do not go the whole nine yards on Netanyahu's being wanted for war crimes. Likely not because they want the genocide, but because opposing Israel is still a taboo 90 years after the beginning of the Holocaust.

www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Where do EU countries stand on ICC’s arrest warrant for Netanyahu?

The International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu continues to draw mixed and often ambiguous reactions from European officials.

www.euronews.com

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 8h

I think Netanyahu would have broken the deal, even if he had signed it (which is no reason for not trying to get him to sign it).
I see no chance for peace until Netanyahu is ousted by the Israeli people and loses his grip on power.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 8h

This is not normal. This is dementia.

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sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 9h

All performative, it seems.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 9h

However, I think we do not have to debate that Biden could have done much more. By his seemingly unconditional support of Netanyahu's actions in public he became complicit.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 9h

TACO.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 9h

I do not understand your arguments. I only noticed you were asking for help from others because you feared to be 'gaslighted' and 'manipulated' by me.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 9h

Which one? The one about Biden's sanctions regarding the settlements?

Here is www.crisisgroup.org/united-state...:

www.crisisgroup.org

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 9h

Yes. He used that term to reaffirm Israels right to exist as a nation, that was the context.
He was critical of the Netanyahu government from the beginning, but did very little to oppose it and its genocidal plans. That is on him. Doesn't mean he wanted that.

sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social @sheethaduskrunner.bsky.social · 9h

Yes they did. Did I imply anything different?