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Beastly Boy

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23. Like I said, and I don't know why you need this repeated to you again,
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 09:39 AM
Jan 2025

No consideration other than blaming Israel enters your mind, no matter how demonstrably flawed and partial your excuses turn out to be.

You just completely overlooked the fact that I didn't compare Ukraine to Israel. I compared US aid to Ukraine to that of Israel, on the terms you brought up: its total amount. It is you who are now suggesting a preposterous comparison to cover up your previous claims.

You are not concerned with the deaths of innocents. You are only concerned with the deaths of innocents when it comes to fallacious attempts to blame them on Israel. You are completely disregarding the deaths of innocents under any other circumstances, anywhere else in the world. This is so capricious on its face, it speaks for itself, no further comments necessary.

US aid to Israel started when the combined armies of five Arab states invaded Israel when Israel had no formal armed forces. Since then, Israel had been invaded several times with the forces of combined Arab armies. It is still being invaded by the armies of Iran's terrorist forces on multiple fronts. Since you have apparently done your research now, you should be able to figure out why Israel stands apart from other countries in the Middle East that receive US foreign aid. Just ask yourself how many of these countries had been ever invaded by the combined armies of multiple neighboring states, and how many times. When you think of it, the answer is obvious, isn't it? If you ever choose to think of it.

Somehow, the sudden concern about your tax dollars disregards all of this. You have as much agency of your tax dollars going to Syria as you have anywhere else in the world, and pretending that your agency for your tax dollars going to Israel is any different only accentuates your bias.

But... Israel. I've seen this movie again and again. And it only gets worse as time goes by.

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There has also been recent reporting moniss Jan 2025 #1
There is no reporting, or even mention of troop incursions into southern Syria, Beastly Boy Jan 2025 #3
There is reporting but not in publications you read. I'm waiting to see if the AFP or Reuters will pick up on it but in moniss Jan 2025 #5
I didn't intend to single out Western media in my criticism, Beastly Boy Jan 2025 #12
I don't, as I said, reserve criticism for just a few. nt moniss Jan 2025 #13
However, you only itemize criticism of Israel, in rather meticulous detail, to the exclusion of the many. Beastly Boy Jan 2025 #15
I have been civil and patient over many, many exchanges moniss Jan 2025 #18
No, Mr Moniss, I m not painting you as antisemitic! Beastly Boy Jan 2025 #20
"or simply you move the goal posts or imply personal aspersions" endgenocide Jan 2025 #22
No, I imply goal posts and move personal aspersions. Beastly Boy Jan 2025 #27
There is very little reporting about the middle east in general endgenocide Jan 2025 #8
I agree on the reporting and moniss Jan 2025 #10
There is plenty of mostly negative reporting on Israel. Beastly Boy Jan 2025 #11
I can't think of any other country endgenocide Jan 2025 #14
Of course you can't. That is the whole point. Beastly Boy Jan 2025 #16
Syria isn't the largest recipient of foreign endgenocide Jan 2025 #17
I rest my case: only the largest reecepient of US aid comes to your mind. Beastly Boy Jan 2025 #19
Ukraines aid is temorary, Israel has been the largest recipent of US endgenocide Jan 2025 #21
Like I said, and I don't know why you need this repeated to you again, Beastly Boy Jan 2025 #23
I don't need anything repeated and I have stopped reading your posts endgenocide Jan 2025 #24
Obviously you do. You just dont want to hear it. But it's not what you want to hear, it's what I want to repeat to you. Beastly Boy Jan 2025 #25
Thank-you, the one-sided bias of some is so obvious. The fact that many of the "Israel is always wrong" posts, JohnSJ Jan 2025 #26
Most sources cite different numbers. Igel Jan 2025 #6
It's possible. nt moniss Jan 2025 #9
Welp, bottom line is MarineCombatEngineer Jan 2025 #2
Hezbolla has resources worth tens of billions of dollars. Beastly Boy Jan 2025 #4
And according to the UN, a large segment of Lebanon's medical infrastructure was purposely devastated. C0RI0LANUS Jan 2025 #7
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