- cross-posted to:
- news@beehaw.org
- cross-posted to:
- news@beehaw.org
Donald Trump has said that Palestinians have “no alternative” but to leave Gaza due to the devastation left by Israel’s war on Hamas, in effect endorsing ethnic cleansing of the territory over the opposition of Palestinians and the neighbouring countries.
Speaking as he prepared to host Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Tuesday, Trump repeated the suggestion that Gaza’s population should be relocated to Jordan and Egypt – something both countries have firmly rejected.
Trump claimed Palestinians would “love to leave Gaza”, telling reporters: “I would think that they would be thrilled.”
Aaah, yes. Everyone’s fault but your politicians.
I want to disagree, but the mental gymnastics people will do to shield their party/candidate from any responsibility is makes it difficult.
I don’t think you can blame the Dems for a majority of Americans voting for a man his own current VP once called “America’s Hitler”. We are here entirely because the majority of Americans wanted this.
In case you aren’t aware our presidential elections aren’t decided by popular vote but but electoral vote for each state apportioned sort of but not evenly according to population of state. If you get 50% + 1 vote in a given state you get all of that state’s vote. You could in theory win as a red candidate with 40% of the popular vote. The majority of electoral votes are a foregone conclusion and even almost 40% of the vote in competitive states.
You could run your neighbors dog’s ass as team red and win all of the vote in red states and 40% of the vote in purple states.
The entire direction of our country is determined by how as little as 2% of the county votes in 6 states. This privileges the conservatives control the country better than half the time despite only winning the popular vote twice in the last 32 years. Based on our constitution we can’t change it without either their assent or a civil war and breakdown of all order.