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EndlessWire

(8,103 posts)
Wed Jun 4, 2025, 12:57 PM Jun 2025

I'm seeing a lot of

Last edited Wed Jun 4, 2025, 06:46 PM - Edit history (1)

pro Israel advertisements. It's like a campaign to popularize Israel, like "this is what we are doing, this is why we are good," etc. Like a push for tourists. In particular, there is one that claims to be feeding Palestinians at 4 points, under the protection of the U.S. I don't believe any of this.

Israel has done irreparable harm to its reputation by allowing the genocide of a people in this manner. Yes, for the upteenth time, HAMAS committed crimes against humanity. But, at a certain point, the pendulum has swung back and it's now Israel's turn to face the music. And, the music is harsh. I personally will never look at Israel the same way again. Netanyahu's policies and his coziness with trump are troubling.

Trump is forcing the rest of the world to look at us critically as we abandon our humanity towards other humans. Our friends are no longer our friends. Our motives are now questionable. Trump's vicious and vile policies are coloring our standing in the world. In such a short time, this POS "president" has cost us dearly.

Will we ever regain our reputation in the world? Not everyone liked us, but at least we had some things going for us. Now, we can't be trusted with anything, probably not even a weather report. And, with good reason.

I despise trump, et al. It's a clown show. The difference between Dems and Repubs is astonishing. I don't think that any adult work is being done in Washington anymore, despite their oaths of office and salaries paid to them. Dems have to stop legislating and turn to fighting against fascism. They did vow to defend us against all enemies, foreign and domestic, but they probably didn't expect that the main enemy would be the entire Repub party.

But, that's the way it turned out. I doubt that the Repub party, now Trump Party, will ever regain its former reputation. They'll have a hard time explaining to We the People why they want to live under a Daddy Dictator, a singularly awful, awful man who hates everyone on the planet.

Stick together, folks. Keep moving forward. We will defeat them.

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I'm seeing a lot of (Original Post) EndlessWire Jun 2025 OP
Excellent post k_buddy762 Jun 2025 #1
id go a step further quakerboy Jun 2025 #2

quakerboy

(14,717 posts)
2. id go a step further
Wed Jun 4, 2025, 02:30 PM
Jun 2025

And say that netenyahu and the things he has done and the way he has done them, along with his hard right support, are a big player in how trump reclaimed power.

Bringing the democratic partys division on israel/palestine to the front and keeping it there was very useful to the republicans. And then using it to provide cover for the macho underpinning of both sides to vote against a woman was pretty key.

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