USA must end its weapons supply to Netanyahu's regime

Originally posted by Parsifal: ↑

sure. I’ll try really hard to help you but by now I’m thinking that your analytical skills - whatever they might be - do not include language and meaning.

I suspect that's why you're finding some of my comments confronting

when you write a sentence that says “you are finding…” you are ascribing something to me. You are not asking if I find it confronting - which would have meant you had to be open to my answer. You are not stating that my comments suggest to you that I find it confronting and then asking if you are correct in that. And you are not even using empathy which might go something along the lines of “some people find my comments confronting and then seeking understanding “

my robust comments are actually a result of my frustration that over and over again I have tried to state my thoughts on the violence and you have repeatedly misrepresented what I say. Like everyone in the end it becomes tedious and annoying

I am sure you can make comments about me You’ve already made some and I’m sure there are plenty more. I ve responded more then once to your comment that it’s not about you or me.

it’s not but if you continually misrepresent what I have said or think or claim I think something that I do not then you have invited a response and made it personal.

I don’t even think you recognise that. It’s not just me. It’s towards others who disagree with you as well.

Btw nobody has defended Netanyahu I think but they face debated your version of events and your version of history. If it’s not about you then surely you can be open to understanding why they think that. But instead you just keep going on like a cracked record in what oks distinctly like an attempt to talk people into submission

as I said in a prior post that is not wildly different from the behaviour of the Israelis of Hamas. It just doesn’t involve guns and rockets

as to whether the debate should be about anything that too is your view but you cannot force it on others. They will say what they want to say

if you are interested in values etc then why don’t you ask questions. You may just find that what is at issue is not a difference in values but a difference in how events are perceived, in an understanding of cause and in solutions.

one day you might try that approach.

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@Parsifal; re your post which included "... you just keep going on like a cracked record in what oks distinctly like an attempt to talk people into submission ...".

No-one was forced into engaging with / contributing to this thread. Many other posters chose to do so, mostly in the spirit of 'robust political debate'. [ie. the reason this forum exists].

Since I started the thread I've endeavoured to respond to those who've tagged me / responded to one of my posts - IMO it would have been ignorant of me to have done otherwise. It's for others to judge the merits of my posts and of course those of everyone who's contributed to the thread.

Re a defence of Netanyahu; there's been almost unlimited opportunity on this thread for posters to demonstrate that he's been doing all he can to avoid the pain, suffering, loss and grief of Palestinian civilians while holding Hamas to account for the atrocity they committed on October 7th, 2023. What's been offered up has been mostly unsubstantiated and therefore equated to a regurgitation of political spin from Netanyahu's own military chiefs.

IMO Netanyahu's fall from grace throughout Israel is a damning assessment that seems certain to see his regime replaced once this war against Palestinians ceases - perhaps explaining why he steadfastly refuses to engage in any such negotiations. IMO his regime and that of Hamas will be investigated for crimes against humanity and for war crimes while the role played by the USA in fuelling the conflict will be scrutinised and add to the anxiety Americans feel when travelling abroad.