politics

The US repeatedly told Israel

While sending them 3 billion a year, if they wanted them to stop they would threaten to stop sending the money.

So anyway, they started blasting...

Blame the Romans!

It seems to me that this is the one political position the author has: "America bad." And everything follows from there. Russia invades Ukraine: Actually it's America's fault, because NATO expansion is violating non-existent treaties. Israel bombs Gaza and does the crimes against humanities: Actually it's America's fault, because Israel is just imitating America.

This seems like the usual "what aboutism" from Russian or Chinese propaganda.

What Israel did is really really bad, but America didn't force them to do it. And America's response of unconditional support is also bad, but they generally didn't want this conflict, because it's not useful to their agenda.

America does enough bad stuff, no need to invent more.

Tired of “every political problem is US fault,” so I’m kicking the can.

That's the impression the article title gives you - and it gave me, also - but when you read it I think you'll realise it's far more than mere hyperbole.

Edit: Also, all the great bits about Great Britain are not English. It's primarily the English (as well as a few Scottish aristocrats) who perpetrated all the colonial bullshit.

Bring back the Normans, I say. The only people who successfully conquered Britain in 1,000 years. Technically, the Channel Islands is the last Norman refuge. I'd quite happily have the Bailiwick of Guernsey rule over the UK - not Jersey though, they're a bunch of toffs and should stay on their own Island, where the rest of the Tories can be deported to.

But I genuinely think you should read the article, all the way, if you haven't yet.

And general meddling in other countries in the name of preventing the spread of communism

Thanks for making me read it. It's a great article.

It's worth giving the article a read. It compares US attacks in Iraq with Israel in Gaza, and draws comparison with the "human shield" excuse that both have been using to dismiss civilian casualties. It also goes into the US' weak interpretation of the Geneva convention and how Israeli lawyers are basically saying "they got away with it, so should we!"

The article doesn't say it was the US' fault, it says that the US paved the way.

Right now every participant in conflict has committed numerous crimes. There is ho moral high ground for anybody. Every side is lying through their teeth to achieve their goals. People of Israel and Palestine are dying while selected few in Israeli and Palestinians get richer and consolidate power in their hands. Both sides have been solidly brainwashed against each other. It'd take enormous effort to stabilize things. I have not seed anyone fitting the bill.