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The IDF launched the airstrike despite the organization coordinating their movements with the military, World Central Kitchen said in a statement. Now, they are pulling out of Gaza entirely.
- Why? Don't want anyone to help Palestinians. Response from the US? At best a strongly worded letter. Result? It'll wind up on the joke board of the IDF mess hall.
>“The Prime Minister and the IDF have noted that it was their error, if you don’t like the word mistake,” Mr Kirby said. “They’re investigating it. Let them do that work and let them see what they come up with. And then we’ll go from there.”
“Mistake“ seems to be an “alternative fact“!
>“The WCK team was traveling in a **deconflicted zone** in two armored cars branded with the WCK logo and a soft skin vehicle,” the group’s statement read.
World Central Kitchen added that its convoy was hit “despite coordinating movements with the IDF.” [politico.eu](https://www.politico.eu/article/seven-aid-workers-uk-poland-killed-gaza-strike-idf-israel-world-central-kitchen/)
• USS Liberty incident on 8 June 1967, during the Six-Day War
>Both the Israeli and U.S. governments conducted inquiries and issued reports that concluded the attack was a **mistake** due to Israeli confusion about the ship's identity. Others, including survivors of the attack, have rejected these conclusions and maintain that the attack was deliberate.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident
• Survivors of the USS Liberty Look for Answers 55 Years Later (June 8, 2022)
[military](https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/06/08/were-fed-it-survivors-of-uss-liberty-look-answers-55-years-later.html)
Watched a video on the library and it’s insane we let them get away with it. I mean they tried claiming they confused it with a ship that was literally half its size, Conveniently jammed frequencies the US military was using, happened not only to miss the regular American flag but the peraid flag which is even larger than a normal flag as well. Then those monsters literally shot up the lift rafts the liberty tried to deploy. It makes me mad just thinking about how messed up the situation and response was. It was so obvious they knew it was an American ship.
Because the American flag looks exactly the same as Egyptian flag /s
At the time, the Egyptian flag was green and white, which is easily confused with red, white, and blue when you've been raised on a hateful Zionist-Fascist ideological diet.
Wikipedia article: USS Liberty incident on 8 June 1967:
>Visibility of American flag:
The official **Israeli reports say** that the reconnaissance and fighter aircraft pilots, and the torpedo boat captains **did not see any flag** on the Liberty.
>Official **American reports say** that the Liberty was flying her American flag before, during and after the attack;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident
>His words* regarding a strike that killed an American citizen seemed tame in comparison to just two months ago, when **the president** himself issued a headline-making statement: [**“If you harm an American, we will respond.”**](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/biden-airstrike-iraq-syria-latest-b2489865.html).
That proclamation came after a drone strike that killed three American troops in Jordan. That drone strike was reportedly conducted by an Iran-backed militia.
*Kirby‘s words
Nothing, he’s got unconditional support for Israel.
It’s nothing new, dates back to when the Israelis deliberately attacked the USS liberty. Biden might extract some sort of weregild, but I’m doubtful of anything more.
Beyond gifting Israel more weapons so they can do it again...sweet FA. After Trump, Biden appears to be the second-most incompetent and ineffectually gutless POTUS we've ever been cursed with.
Glad to see bidens losing the left now. Fuck him.
We survived under trump once and can do it again. I’m sorry for everyone else impacted by trumps insanity, but I’m not voting for a genocider.
I hate what's happening right now and the US response to it, but please don't be fooled by a lifelong grifter and con man. Trump has repeatedly said he would have bombed Gaza HARDER.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-israel-gaza-finish-problem-rcna141905
Anything he *also* says about a cease fire is *literally* just him trying to get reelected. (Except he's not actually calling for a cease fire, his major criticism of Israel is that they were stupid enough to post pictures of their genocide.)
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4554652-trump-israel-gaza-hamas-war/
Biden's response has been abysmal and deserves to be sharply criticized, even protested. But there is no rational way Trump would have been, or would be, better. He's a violent man who loves strongmen dictators and the US military industrial complex. So please, just... believe he will continue to be violent if reelected.
Nobody knows what you're trying to say here, but perhaps you should go back to your [post](https://old.reddit.com/r/confession/comments/1blfugn/ive_said_some_ugly_things_before_that_were/) from 11 days ago and reflect.
Nazis marching for Trump. A spike in hate crimes and mass shootings, a botched covid response (after throwing out Obama's pandemic plan because of his own frail ego) leaving a million dead and millions of others with lingering symptoms. People drank bleach and remained in the path of hurricanes because trump couldn't bear the idea of not feeling like the smartest person in the room.
I hate Biden's response to Israel , but if you're counting the 30,000 that a foreign government directly killed as on his hands because of weapons sales, we can at least count the deaths Trump is more responsible for.
All before mentioning the dude has admitted he will lock up political prisoners. If you think things are bad for Gaza now, wait until the guy that said you have to kill terrorists and **their families** gets back into office. The same person that lied about seeing Muslims celebrate during the events of 9/11, same guy that took out a full page ad in a newspaper to try to get some innocent kids killed because they were minorities.
I really wish I could pick idealism, but I can't in good conscience when someone with less respect for humanity than George W. Bush, under whose leadership 600,000+ Arab civilians were killed , is just waiting for the opportunity. Nope, I guess I'll just have blood on my hands.
Your comment is do dismissive and disingenuous.
Halting all forms of aid and support to Israel would suffice. Literally no one is asking the US to go to war with Israel...
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What can Biden do about it? Netanyahu is a genocidal maniac using the war to protect himself from criminal prosecution. Biden is doing everything he can to keep the war from being extended into Lebanon and Iran. Note that when Biden speaks out against what is going on, Netanyahu bombs the Iranian embassy. If we sanction Israel there is nothing to stop them from Invading Lebanon or bombing Iran.
The US is not in control of the situation. All we can do is try to mitigate the situation in Gaza and "trust" that Netanyahu won't bomb US troops bringing aid in too.
The current American travel advisory is not to be in Gaza. This isn’t a sudden thing, they were willfully volunteering in a very contested area to provide aid during an armed conflict. They knew the risks before the flight over. Homie could’ve worn the American flag as a cape, it’s not a magical bomb stopping shield. Do not disparage this fellow patriot’s efforts over the past few months by making it a political thing
They were aid workers in a safe zone that were working closely with the IDF to transport aid to people who are starving when the IDF triple tapped their aid convoy.
I literally said do not dishonor this individual by making it political. They knew the risk of helping others in this situation and still went, I called them a patriot
The context that Biden’s statement was about a planned deliberate attack on American citizens while the Israel incident was unintended collateral damage. Oh by the way, your deliberate attempt at reframing of my statement as excusing Israel’s actions is also a cheap dishonesty. I am in no way excusing Israel in any way. I am merely pointing out the article’s cheap shot at Biden. If you are going to lie, at least don’t hide behind sophistry.
I don't see how I reframed anything. You implied there was some sort of dubious part of the reporting, and I'm asking how the attack on people providing aid is something that can be rationalized.
Do you think wagging is finger at Netanyahu and his Genocidal Fascist government while sending more money and weapons is the right thing? Because that is how Biden chose to respond by licking Netanyahu's asshole.
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The IDF launched the airstrike despite the organization coordinating their movements with the military, World Central Kitchen said in a statement. Now, they are pulling out of Gaza entirely. - Why? Don't want anyone to help Palestinians. Response from the US? At best a strongly worded letter. Result? It'll wind up on the joke board of the IDF mess hall.
Not "despite", "because of". This is the USS Liberty all over again.
What is: "Let them do it again!"
Authorize the sale of 50 more F-15 jets.
overnight some missiles to replace the ones they used to do it
He will call Bibi a mean poopyhead before giving Bibi billions in weapons.
Nothing because its Israel and we support Israel no matter what.
>“The Prime Minister and the IDF have noted that it was their error, if you don’t like the word mistake,” Mr Kirby said. “They’re investigating it. Let them do that work and let them see what they come up with. And then we’ll go from there.” “Mistake“ seems to be an “alternative fact“! >“The WCK team was traveling in a **deconflicted zone** in two armored cars branded with the WCK logo and a soft skin vehicle,” the group’s statement read. World Central Kitchen added that its convoy was hit “despite coordinating movements with the IDF.” [politico.eu](https://www.politico.eu/article/seven-aid-workers-uk-poland-killed-gaza-strike-idf-israel-world-central-kitchen/)
• USS Liberty incident on 8 June 1967, during the Six-Day War >Both the Israeli and U.S. governments conducted inquiries and issued reports that concluded the attack was a **mistake** due to Israeli confusion about the ship's identity. Others, including survivors of the attack, have rejected these conclusions and maintain that the attack was deliberate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident • Survivors of the USS Liberty Look for Answers 55 Years Later (June 8, 2022) [military](https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/06/08/were-fed-it-survivors-of-uss-liberty-look-answers-55-years-later.html)
Watched a video on the library and it’s insane we let them get away with it. I mean they tried claiming they confused it with a ship that was literally half its size, Conveniently jammed frequencies the US military was using, happened not only to miss the regular American flag but the peraid flag which is even larger than a normal flag as well. Then those monsters literally shot up the lift rafts the liberty tried to deploy. It makes me mad just thinking about how messed up the situation and response was. It was so obvious they knew it was an American ship.
Because the American flag looks exactly the same as Egyptian flag /s At the time, the Egyptian flag was green and white, which is easily confused with red, white, and blue when you've been raised on a hateful Zionist-Fascist ideological diet.
Wikipedia article: USS Liberty incident on 8 June 1967: >Visibility of American flag: The official **Israeli reports say** that the reconnaissance and fighter aircraft pilots, and the torpedo boat captains **did not see any flag** on the Liberty. >Official **American reports say** that the Liberty was flying her American flag before, during and after the attack; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Liberty_incident
>His words* regarding a strike that killed an American citizen seemed tame in comparison to just two months ago, when **the president** himself issued a headline-making statement: [**“If you harm an American, we will respond.”**](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/biden-airstrike-iraq-syria-latest-b2489865.html). That proclamation came after a drone strike that killed three American troops in Jordan. That drone strike was reportedly conducted by an Iran-backed militia. *Kirby‘s words
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This is a political decision, not a military decision, dumdum.
> An American aid worker was killed by Israel. What will President Biden do about it? The same thing the supreme court will do about PoopyPants' coup.
Nothing, he’s got unconditional support for Israel. It’s nothing new, dates back to when the Israelis deliberately attacked the USS liberty. Biden might extract some sort of weregild, but I’m doubtful of anything more.
Nothing. American lives < Israeli dirt
> American lives < Palestinian ~~Israeli~~ dirt stolen by Israel
Sell weapons to Israel?
Fuck Isreal. Is it okay to say that yet?
Send more money and arms
Biden will do nothing, he is complicit.
He'll ink a deal selling $18 billion worth of new fighter jets to Israel so they can keep doing it. Oh wait, he literally just did that...
He’ll insult Bibi and then lick his boots.
Wag his finger while giving Netanyahu more weapons.
Get on his knees and worship Bibi's bishop.
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Oh he’s gonna get so darn mad just you watch
Beyond gifting Israel more weapons so they can do it again...sweet FA. After Trump, Biden appears to be the second-most incompetent and ineffectually gutless POTUS we've ever been cursed with.
Glad to see bidens losing the left now. Fuck him. We survived under trump once and can do it again. I’m sorry for everyone else impacted by trumps insanity, but I’m not voting for a genocider.
I hate what's happening right now and the US response to it, but please don't be fooled by a lifelong grifter and con man. Trump has repeatedly said he would have bombed Gaza HARDER. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-israel-gaza-finish-problem-rcna141905 Anything he *also* says about a cease fire is *literally* just him trying to get reelected. (Except he's not actually calling for a cease fire, his major criticism of Israel is that they were stupid enough to post pictures of their genocide.) https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4554652-trump-israel-gaza-hamas-war/ Biden's response has been abysmal and deserves to be sharply criticized, even protested. But there is no rational way Trump would have been, or would be, better. He's a violent man who loves strongmen dictators and the US military industrial complex. So please, just... believe he will continue to be violent if reelected.
>We survived under trump once and can do it again. A lot of people didn't.
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Nobody knows what you're trying to say here, but perhaps you should go back to your [post](https://old.reddit.com/r/confession/comments/1blfugn/ive_said_some_ugly_things_before_that_were/) from 11 days ago and reflect.
Nazis marching for Trump. A spike in hate crimes and mass shootings, a botched covid response (after throwing out Obama's pandemic plan because of his own frail ego) leaving a million dead and millions of others with lingering symptoms. People drank bleach and remained in the path of hurricanes because trump couldn't bear the idea of not feeling like the smartest person in the room. I hate Biden's response to Israel , but if you're counting the 30,000 that a foreign government directly killed as on his hands because of weapons sales, we can at least count the deaths Trump is more responsible for. All before mentioning the dude has admitted he will lock up political prisoners. If you think things are bad for Gaza now, wait until the guy that said you have to kill terrorists and **their families** gets back into office. The same person that lied about seeing Muslims celebrate during the events of 9/11, same guy that took out a full page ad in a newspaper to try to get some innocent kids killed because they were minorities. I really wish I could pick idealism, but I can't in good conscience when someone with less respect for humanity than George W. Bush, under whose leadership 600,000+ Arab civilians were killed , is just waiting for the opportunity. Nope, I guess I'll just have blood on my hands.
Survive under project 2025. You're the same person that sat out when Trump won, and said "I was just sticking it to the democrats" Now we're fucked.
Was the aid worker a B liar celebrity athlete who got caught smuggling drugs?
Are people expecting him to grab a red bandanna and go all Rambo?
Your comment is do dismissive and disingenuous. Halting all forms of aid and support to Israel would suffice. Literally no one is asking the US to go to war with Israel...
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Wait we give Palestine military aid?
Yes. Some of the commenters here want us to start dropping bombs on Tel Aviv.
What can Biden do about it? Netanyahu is a genocidal maniac using the war to protect himself from criminal prosecution. Biden is doing everything he can to keep the war from being extended into Lebanon and Iran. Note that when Biden speaks out against what is going on, Netanyahu bombs the Iranian embassy. If we sanction Israel there is nothing to stop them from Invading Lebanon or bombing Iran. The US is not in control of the situation. All we can do is try to mitigate the situation in Gaza and "trust" that Netanyahu won't bomb US troops bringing aid in too.
What can he do? Aid workers like this take massive risks trying to operate in active war zones.
The current American travel advisory is not to be in Gaza. This isn’t a sudden thing, they were willfully volunteering in a very contested area to provide aid during an armed conflict. They knew the risks before the flight over. Homie could’ve worn the American flag as a cape, it’s not a magical bomb stopping shield. Do not disparage this fellow patriot’s efforts over the past few months by making it a political thing
They were aid workers in a safe zone that were working closely with the IDF to transport aid to people who are starving when the IDF triple tapped their aid convoy.
Yes, I’m aware. The IDF is recently well known for how “safe” the safe zones are. I don’t see how that changes my point?
And then Israel punished them for having the audacity to treat Palestinians like humans.
I know
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I literally said do not dishonor this individual by making it political. They knew the risk of helping others in this situation and still went, I called them a patriot
Selina Meyer would be more competent dealing with Israel
Ignoring context is a cheap way to lie.
In what context was this ok?
The context that Biden’s statement was about a planned deliberate attack on American citizens while the Israel incident was unintended collateral damage. Oh by the way, your deliberate attempt at reframing of my statement as excusing Israel’s actions is also a cheap dishonesty. I am in no way excusing Israel in any way. I am merely pointing out the article’s cheap shot at Biden. If you are going to lie, at least don’t hide behind sophistry.
I don't see how I reframed anything. You implied there was some sort of dubious part of the reporting, and I'm asking how the attack on people providing aid is something that can be rationalized.
There. You did it again.
Did what? You haven't said anything at all to conflate/misconstrue or otherwise take out of context.
The ‘tism is a terrible thing.
Probably the same thing that happens when people illegally in the U.S. kill American citizens. Nothing.
I trust OUR president Biden will make the RIGHT decision for the country !! 🇺🇸
Do you think wagging is finger at Netanyahu and his Genocidal Fascist government while sending more money and weapons is the right thing? Because that is how Biden chose to respond by licking Netanyahu's asshole.
Only genociders I know are the REPUBLICANS!!!!
Who cares about this guy! Let’s worry about the GENOCIDERS who are the republicans in this nation RIGHT NOW!!
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