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The Israel Defense Forces releases surveillance camera footage from Shifa Hospital showing Hamas terrorists bringing a Nepali and Thai citizen who were abducted from Israel on October 7 to the medical center.

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[–] samokosik@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly it's funny that you say I am wrong and pro-american but at the same time you are the one supporting terrorism and spreading complete bullshit. I don't know who of us should educate themselves on the subject.

Can I ask you 2 simple questions?

  1. Where is the "land of Palestine"?
  2. Do you agree with Bin Laden's Letter to America?
[–] Thief_of_Crows@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The land of Palestine is where it was when the borders of Israel were drawn in the 50s. Israel has expanded itself drastically since then, and most (all?) of that stolen land is Palestine.

Never heard of it before, but based on the summary, I assume he says some real wack job shit, alongside his factually correct points, such as America bringing 9/11 on itself. He's right that when America targets civilians, they justify attacks like 9/11 in return.

"Why are we fighting and opposing you? The answer is very simple:

Because you attacked us and continue to attack us". Yep, he is 100% correct.

He also blames interest on loans as core to America's failings, which is honestly way more than I expected from him. Though, I figured out that capitalism is evil at like 25, while living inside capitalist propaganda, so it's probably not that difficult to figure out. Not that interest is literally capitalism, but it's a decent stand in for it that fits within his wack job religious message.

It's an interesting comparison between 9/11 and the recent Hamas attack though. It's not good that 9/11 happened, it just was wildly obvious that it eventually would. Meanwhile the exact opposite is true of the Hamas attack. It's good to kill people genociding you, but I'm surprised it actually happened.

[–] samokosik@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is my point here. If you start thinking that Osama was in some ways correct, it’s not him being correct, there is just sth wrong with you.

[–] Thief_of_Crows@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What? No. Osama also believes the sky is blue, does that make us all lunatics? If people say true things, it is intellectually dishonest to disagree with them. That is how brazenly obvious it is that capitalism is evil.

[–] samokosik@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes, I should have been more exact that if you agree to his values, then you are wrong. I know capitalism is not ideal but what's better? Communism?

[–] Thief_of_Crows@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 months ago

Sure, it'd pretty much have to be, right? Anything that isnt currently causing all of the world's problems has a very low bar to clear, and if you think communism is the answer, Im not gonna disagree with you. What we replace capitalism with is much less important than the fact that we get rid of capitalism in the first place.