That’s a rhetorical question, but I was thinking something today, about Palestine.
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That’s a rhetorical question, but I was thinking something today, about Palestine.
According to the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, the US abandonment of Afghanistan to the Taliban has had a major impact on the amount of opium being produced in the country. [unodc]
Over on Daily Kos, I encountered someone proclaiming officially that it is anti-semitism to conflate the actions of Israel with the actions of nazis. I’d like to noodle around that idea a bit, because it makes me quite uncomfortable.
I used to play a lot of Diplomacy with the rest of my high school military history club.
Just a few news clips to illustrate a thing:
I’m sure that there will be many (some?) who argue with Mehdi Hasan’s analysis, that Hamas is at least partially a creation of the state of Israel.
In my previous posting about Israel/Palestine and language, I commented that not enough blame is directed towards Britain. I think that probably needs some support.
From the “nobody should be surprised but everyone should be shocked” department, Israel has apparently decided that it’s going to keep the Golan heights.
We are about to be treated to another disgusting show of “richest country in history cries ‘poor’ over politics.”
I used to enjoy Mehdi Hasan’s work at The Intercept. He’s incredibly articulate, he does his research and all that thinky stuff, and he does not tolerate “both sides”-ism or bullshit. He’s climbing his way up the ladder of the media heirarchy, so he’s moved on from The Intercept to his own show on MSNBC.