Yeah, instead of actually fixing the system and paying people normal wages, while also fixing the stupid education/certification system that social service workers need to go through, let's just throw a bunch of teenagers at it, it will surely fix our problems!
How about our military stays between our own borders. Let those that want to go go. But don't force a bunch of our youth to go fight someone else's war.
A boy stands on a Tul Karm street watching as Israeli troops move toward the city's refugee camp. Soldiers fire shots from hundreds of meters away and one of their bullets slams into the boy's chest. Qais Nasrallah was 14 at his death
Can't wait to see the list of US/Israel bootlickers that abstained from/voted against this, trying to deny an entire people the right to their own land.
Yeah, and Germany is raiding pro-palestinian activists' homes using fully armed cops for pro-palestinian commentary they make on Instagram, but I don't see anyone plastering that all over western media. An acquaintance of mine was fined by the police for putting "From the river to the sea" in their instagram story. But again, we can't stroke our western moral superiority, or wave our finger at a western country. So let's talk about some third world dictatorship doing something that honestly everyone was expecting.
U.N. agencies said on Tuesday the two main crossings into the southern Gaza Strip remained shut, virtually cutting off the Palestinian enclave from outside aid with few stocks positioned inside....
Why doesn't Israel take the refugees? They claim that they're targeting only hamas after all and that they care a lot about innocents, so it shouldn't be a problem, right?
Besides that, if Palestinians leave their homes then Israel will just do more illegal land grabs and settlements.
The European Commission chief said she was “convinced that if the competition is fair” from China, then Europe “will have thriving durable economies”....
God forbid we, the European consumers get to buy cheaper products.
What's China doing so right that they can sell stuff for cheaper?
What are we doing wrong?
Well, it sounds like China knows a little more about the economy than we do then. Maybe we should do the same thing here. Consumers would be happy if they had cheaper products.
Currently I am dependent on the rich guys that own all of the facilities that produce what I need. I don't care if it's the Chinese government or a rich fuck from over the US. Maybe we should start doing the same thing that China is doing and actually provide people with cheaper products
Israel's military said on Monday it had begun encouraging residents of Rafah to evacuate the southern Gazan city as part of a 'limited scope' operation, but did not immediately confirm media reports this was part of preparation for a ground assault....
An Israeli airstrike on Al-Shaboura refugee camp in southern Gaza’s Rafah city late Tuesday killed two young children and injured several other people, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza and the Kuwait Hospital in Rafah....
The tide is turning if the US foreign policy propaganda machine that is CNN is willing to write such a daring title. The future doesn't look good for Israel
More than 170 attacks have been committed against politicians in the lead-up to the June elections. This violence has put campaigns under tension and is sowing doubts about governability in several regions. Specialists warn that the line between the Mexican state and organized crime is increasingly blurred...
The problem is systemic. You kill one cartel, another one pops up. It's because there's a demand for their products. Get rid of the demand and you'll dry up the supply. Do it in a smart way, not by destroying people's lives which inevitably throws them back in the cartels' hands.
And how would you implement such a thing? Sure, on the internet it sounds all nice and dandy, but we don't live in lala land. How do you separate civilians from the cartel when most of these cartels exist in populated civilian areas? Do you want the military to go scorched earth on the civilian population or what? Or do you create a police state to deal with the fact that the state is too incompetent to give people actual opportunities so they don't end up making drugs for a living?
How about you give people in Mexico proper financial opportunities so they don't have to grow crops for drugs to feed themselves and their families?
And on the other end, how about you deal with mass homelessness and poverty in the US so people don't have to take drugs to cope with their situations? How about not incarcerating every single drug user, then throwing them on the streets after spending 5 years in prison around actual criminals, and then wondering why they go straight up back to using drugs?
These "opinions" are just armchair expert discussions. If it was that easy to deal with this shit, it would've been solved a long time ago.
I can assure you that there are regions within the European Union where people are even less poor and not trying anything criminal to get rich. I’m referring to parts of Romania, Bulgaria, Greece and southern Italy.
I'm Romanian. I've also been to Mexico. I highly suspect that you have no clue what you're talking about. The poverty in Mexico is a lot worse than in any part of Romania. Besides that, being poor in Romania means getting a job 50km away from your village, in the next city at most. Jobs are fairly easily accessible.
Not to mention Third-Party-Members like Albania
Are you also aware that Albania has the most drug traffickers in Europe? They import pretty much all the heroin here.
Gun point robberies are no longer a thing in Romania nowadays. Do you think we drone striked those that did that or do you think that by giving people better opportunities they just stopped doing that shit?
Besides that, I think life was okay back during communism if you lived in the city. People had jobs, crime was low. Most crime came after the revolution after the entire country was deindustrialized and people had no opportunities left to make a living.
My buddy said the police really laid Ambushes for the corrupt cops and the arrests sometimes escalated. So, well, they didn’t got struck down by a drone but they really were at risk of getting taken out by 5.54mm bullets. Sure not everyone was corrupt and violent but still quite a lot.
That sounds crazy. While I am too young to have experienced such things in the 90s after the revolution, my parents, grandparents, and older friends never mentioned any of that. And I do talk extensively to people about the times before and after the revolution. Not even once have such things been ever mentioned and I can't find much of any of that in any archives.
I do have friends from the ex soviet block (Ukraine, Repulic of Moldavia) and they indeed had a lot of gun violence, I even met people that have been shot or have had family members shot, but that was never the case in Romania. No shootings or any of those things. Hell, even nowadays Romania has less gun violence (and guns altogether) than pretty much any other country in all of Europe.
Stealing government property? Sure, but people do that even nowadays. Systemic corruption stems from the lack of opportunities and checks and balances. But again, comparing any of that to Mexico is straight up bonkers to me. Most crime is very petty crime. Like stealing minor things. Most people just get a job in the city and go on with their lives.
those beacons of free-speech are not biased in any way
Tell me you have no arguments without telling me you have no arguments.
Instead of addressing the critics and their points, you go on ad hominem attacks on your western superiority high horse instead because you have no arguments. Otherwise you would've addressed these "BS claims" already. Oh look at you how civilized you are in comparison to those barbarians, am I right?
Just as the Shinbet ignored their operatives warnings about the incoming 7th of October Hamas attacks, the FSB ignored the US warnings about this terrorist attack. My opinion is that this worked for Russia as intended. Russia was just looking for its very own 7th of October moment that they could stroke in the media to garner more support from the population, including from regime critical parts of the population. The moment the attack happened the Putin propaganda machine started pouring with "Ukraine did it" and not even two days later Ukraine is pummeled by one of the biggest rocket barrages since the start of the war, the biggest tank assault launched by Russia, and a new conscription law is signed to throw even more meat at the wall.
And rightfully so. The US isn't the world police and doesn't have the right to block entire countries just because they feel like it.
Just imagine China or Russia doing the same to some random European country. The double standards speak volumes. This is not the way.
Well, I'm sorry, but I don't see how two wrongs makes a right. This is some massive whataboutism. Both an embargo on Cuba and Russia bombing other countries are horrendous activities.
First and foremost, that was my comment.
Secondly, it still doesn't make it okay. It's not a real argument. If the US can pull this shit off, why can't Russia or China.
I'm not excusing their actions, but just look at it from the perspective of someone from one of those countries.
They see the US invading countries, putting embargos on others, and a bunch of other crap. Why shouldn't they do the same?
The invasion of Iraq was just as justified as the invasion of Ukraine. Same shit based on bullshit arguments. Yet somehow one is more acceptable than the other. I'd rather not have any of them. And I'm from Eastern Europe just for context :)
Germany may introduce conscription for all 18-year-olds ( www.telegraph.co.uk )
A Palestinian teen was standing on the street when Israeli troops shot him dead ( www.haaretz.com )
A boy stands on a Tul Karm street watching as Israeli troops move toward the city's refugee camp. Soldiers fire shots from hundreds of meters away and one of their bullets slams into the boy's chest. Qais Nasrallah was 14 at his death
UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving its UN membership bid ( apnews.com )
A Cambodian court sentences a union leader to 18 months in prison for comments on Facebook ( abcnews.go.com )
Tel Aviv Pride Parade won’t be held this year, will be replaced with assembly for hostages ( lemmy.world )
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/tel-aviv-pride-parade-wont-be-held-this-year-will-be-replaced-with-assembly-for-hostages/
Gaza is 'choked off' from aid since crossings shut, UN agencies say ( www.reuters.com )
U.N. agencies said on Tuesday the two main crossings into the southern Gaza Strip remained shut, virtually cutting off the Palestinian enclave from outside aid with few stocks positioned inside....
EU restates readiness to launch trade war with China over cheap imports ( www.theguardian.com )
The European Commission chief said she was “convinced that if the competition is fair” from China, then Europe “will have thriving durable economies”....
Israel military calls on Palestinian civilians to evacuate Rafah ( www.reuters.com )
Israel's military said on Monday it had begun encouraging residents of Rafah to evacuate the southern Gazan city as part of a 'limited scope' operation, but did not immediately confirm media reports this was part of preparation for a ground assault....
Israeli airstrike on Rafah refugee camp in Gaza kills boy, 4, and his sister, 2 ( www.cnn.com )
An Israeli airstrike on Al-Shaboura refugee camp in southern Gaza’s Rafah city late Tuesday killed two young children and injured several other people, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza and the Kuwait Hospital in Rafah....
President Petro Says Colombia to Cut Diplomatic Ties With Israel ( www.bloomberg.com )
US says Israeli army units violated human rights ( www.bbc.com )
Mexico is heading towards its most violent election ever, with 30 candidates murdered, 77 threatened and 11 kidnapped ( english.elpais.com )
More than 170 attacks have been committed against politicians in the lead-up to the June elections. This violence has put campaigns under tension and is sowing doubts about governability in several regions. Specialists warn that the line between the Mexican state and organized crime is increasingly blurred...
‘We Jews are just arrested; Palestinians are beaten’: Protesters in Germany ( www.aljazeera.com )
U.S. told Russia that Crocus City Hall was possible target of attack ( www.msn.com )
Israeli ministers join gathering calling for resettlement of Gaza ( www.aljazeera.com )
Spoiler: it's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir once again (joined by 11 other ministers this time)
Brazil's president calls U.S. economic embargo on Cuba 'illegal,' condemns terrorist list label ( www.reuters.com )