Worth a read. My comment? Well, I suppose I think along the same sort of line. While Trump might well stop the Ukrainian war, he's not going to stop Israel, he also is seriously damaged goods, with a severe personality disorder, and is a loose cannon in charge of a few thousand atomic bombs - an unguided missile in human form. . I can only hope that Harris gains stature and sense if she gains office, and can see the writing on the wall in Ukraine, and the severe damage to the US from this war and the unconditional support of Israel.
As I have no say in the matter, hope is all that's left.
While Israel had a right to defend itself against the horrific Hamas terrorist attack of 7 October 2023, which killed 1,200 innocent people and took 250 hostages, it did not have the right to wage an all-out war against the entire Palestinian people.
Israel does not have a right of self-defence against an occupied people, who have the right to resist an illegal occupation. Agents of the occupation (IDF) are not innocent people - they are legitimate targets. Also, how many 'innocents' were slaughtered due to the implementation of the 'Hannibal Directive'? 'All out war'? Just call it a genocide, Bernie, ffs.
If Sanders can't even get the basics, why should we listen to him?
He knows full well that Biden could have stopped the genocide from the get-go with one simple phone call. He chose not to. He and Harris are not just complicit but active participants.
As Galloway says, no one with any decency can vote for Harris. She has no stature to gain. As someone said, she's a 'deep state hologram' and will go with whatever the PTB want.
Of course, Trump is awful, especially re: Israel and climate change, but may be marginally better re: Ukraine. But, here, I think almost all the US establishment have come to see that Ukraine is a lost cause.
On climate change, Trump's a denialist of course, but the Dems might talk the talk but they don't really walk the walk. In any case, CC's too far gone, now.
'I can only hope that Harris gains stature and sense if she gains office' - lol, if you really believe that's possible, I've got a bridge to sell you...
Sanders is so full of it, and this is just a lazy re-hash of his 'Trump bad, vote for my friend Joe Biden' shtick from the last time round. A few comments:
'And that is why I am doing everything I can to block US military aid and offensive weapons sales to the rightwing extremist Netanyahu government in Israel.' - note, military aid - no Bernie, there needs to be a total trade embargo. Note also he doesn't use the word 'sanction' once throughout the whole article. 'even on this issue [Gaza], Donald Trump and his rightwing friends are worse.' - Trump isn't in power; Biden & Harris are responsible. 'But even more importantly, and this I promise you, after Harris wins we will, together, do everything we can to change US policy toward Netanyahu – including an immediate ceasefire, the return of all hostages, a surge of massive humanitarian aid, the stopping of settler attacks on the West Bank, and the rebuilding of Gaza for the Palestinian people.' - repeating the 'return the hostages' line that all the sh!t-libs add to their tepid requests for a (usually temporary) ceasefire. If they release the hostages Hamas give up their only leverage, not that the IOF particularly cares about saving their lives anyway. And it's always about holding them accountable after you vote for them. Why hasn't he been holding them to account for the last 4 years? Why would they pay any attention to people saying this if they know they're going to vote dem anyway. We all know what he's saying is BS anyway - he'll make a few tepid remarks and then say 'boo-hoo antisemitism' and that'll be it.
'The rich will only get richer, while the minimum wage will remain at $7.25 an hour, and millions of our fellow workers will continue to earn starvation wages.' - Biden promised to raise the minimum wage to $15/hr. How's that going?
'And if the United States, the largest economy in the world, stops transforming our energy system away from fossil fuel, every other country – China, Europe, all over the world, they will do exactly the same thing.' - in order to stop doing something you have to have started it in the first place. The US is just as hooked on fossil fuels as it has been for the last 100+ years, facilitated by both parties for that whole time. What exactly has Biden done except mouth a few empty platitudes and make more promises he didn't follow through on?
Anyway, the above is probably a pointless exercise. We all know Sanders is a compromised used-car salesman for the genocidal, ecocidal, sociopathic DNC, and only liberals and suckers take him seriously at this point. Hence being published in the graun.
on October 31, 2024, 10:03 am