• KoboldCoterie@pawb.social
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    5 months ago

    “During World War II, Churchill told the United States, ‘give us the tools, we’ll do the job.’ And I say, give us the tools and we’ll finish the job a lot faster,” Netanyahu said in the video.

    Yeah, that’s what we’re afraid of, and exactly why we don’t want to give you the weapons.

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      Comparing himself to Churchill defending the UK from the Nazis has got to be the shittiest analogy I’ve heard in a long time. You aren’t Churchill in this situation, Netanyahu. You’re the invader hell-bent on wiping out a population.

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          5 months ago

          That is a very fair point!

          There’s already a strong emotional connection between Irish and Palestinian people (as shown by Ireland being one of the first European countries to officially recognize Palestine recently). Now there’s another association - Churchill and Netanyahu’s loathing for their respective people.

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            5 months ago

            I was thinking India, actually. How he said Indians are a “beastly people with a beastly religion”, but yeah the Irish too.

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              Oh he was a total shitheel to so many different people. Very effective wartime leader, but a horrible human being.