• plinky [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    Hochstein was born in Israel, the child of American Jewish immigrants. A dual U.S.-Israel national, he served in the Israeli Defense Forces as a tank crewman prior to moving to Washington. He was a foreign policy adviser to Democratic Party members of the U.S. government House Foreign Affairs Committee from 1994 to January 2001

    Really makes you think

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            5 months ago

            is hochstein’s unparalleled advice the reason?

            More to the point, its extremely normal to have foreign military officers to be advisors, i’m sure they won’t carry any bias whatsoever in their advice. In fact usa should hire more saudi and foreign legion officers to get more brilliant opinions how to kill civilians to get resources

  • Dolores [love/loves]@hexbear.net
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    this is so farcical, does anyone actually believe these US 4D-chess explanations of how unwavering support of Israel and impudent demands of surrender to the resistance constitute an effort to “defuse” the situation

    pouring gas on the fire and screaming “i’m trying to put it out!!!” biden-troll

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    Heck of a bluff. I don’t see how the us government can expect to sell the threat of expanding an unpopular foreign war in an election year.

    Wait, is that 9/11s music I hear?

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    Its getting very hard to have any sympathy towards the Palestinians. They continue to overvalue their position and act as if there is a better deal waiting around the corner if they hold out a bit longer. That “better deal” isn’t coming, only more destruction and less global attention as people get more and more bored of the war.