After Israel killed seven aid workers in Gaza, the US says it has not found any incidents of Israel violating international humanitarian law in the past six months. An Al Jazeera probe concluded the World Central Kitchen vehicles were deliberately hit.

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Israel, with US backing, is destroying the concept of international law. It’s now clear to everyone that the so-called international rules based order isn’t real and that the rules only apply to US enemies like Russia.

I think we’re seeing a repeat of the League of Nations.

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That and brown people don’t count as people.

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That’s the bigger one. They’re happy to enforce the rules on brown people when they attack brown people, or white people on white people, and all hell is unleashed when it’s brown on white, but when it’s mostly white Israelis on mostly brown Palestinians you get crickets.

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And that’s why I don’t like cricket.

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Only leftists think we score a point when we say ‘rules based order’ is a farse. It’s meant to be a farse, or they’d say international law like everyone else. To the imperial core and liberals, this is obvious and correct.

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The people in charge see it as obvious.

Do you think every dumbass liberal does? No! That’s why we raise the contradictions.

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Do you think every dumbass liberal does?

Yes, they celebrate the asymmetry.

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Poor Russia!

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You might have missed the point lol

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No point taken for sure. I just don’t really feel bad that Russia was stopped from genocide in Ukraine even though it’s not “fair”. The US being able to enable Israel is absolutely deplorable though.

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127 points

Clown country

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I wish it was more funny :(

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Oh god dammit put down the monkey paw, we just had this with the last guy.

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Holy hell, how can he say that with a straight face?

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Because the five of us here who aren’t are the only people in the entire world who don’t take MSM at face value

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I always find a weird cognitive dissonance when I talk to people on the street about it. They know its not trustworthy, but they still trust it. They’re more open if you point that out before presenting alternatives.

Its kind of like elections? ‘Everything’s broken, all the systems are bad and will never serve us, vote em all out!’ As opposed to real action.

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Politicians are professional liars

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And I’m really insulted they’re not doing a better job.

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I can’t imagine what it takes to stand up there and say that shit with a straight face. Fuck you for representing my country.

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Its not your country. Youre its property.

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Who’s property are you?

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Your mom’s.

Or… Or I was. She’s not taking my calls. An empty chamber in my heart.

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Thought this was an Onion article from the headline

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