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[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 93 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I will argue that so was the Israel cease-fire "strong-man" act. In fact my conspiracy theory is that Israel explicitly delayed the cease-fire so that Trump could look strong by finishing it, then whined a bit in the newspapers to sell it. This is not even the first time they GOP has done this, as per the Iran hostages affair.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sounds like the Iran hostage crisis remake.

[–] jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Which was itself a sequel to Nixon trying to stall peace negotiations during the Vietnam War.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 10 points 1 day ago

How can they get away with the exact same plan every time, this is some scoobydoo bullshit.

[–] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 day ago

Yeah and it's not far-fetched considering how openly Netanyahu endorsed Trump. With Trump in office Netanyahu can do whatever he wants, waging a costly in terms of PR war will be no longer necessary.

[–] spamfajitas@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Judy Woodruff was forced to publicly apologize because Trump and Bibi said they didn't talk about delaying it, but I still think she was right:

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-accused-crime-benjamin-netanyahu-call-ceasefire-hamas-1942248

I mean, I'd trust unnamed sources over these two guys any day.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

because Trump and Bibi said they didn't talk about delaying it

Oh well, if the two known liars said so...

Headline from fox news: "Oliver North: Israel will have to put people on the ground and it will be bloody"

Reality is truly stranger than fiction. If any writer continued to use a character like him for so long in such obvious ways without suffering any consequences, readers' suspension of disbelief would be shattered.

He was there for Iran-Contra. He is still here for Israel-Hamas. The exact same playbook. Place political gain over national interest. Put lives needlessly in danger and extend suffering for an easy win.

[–] MothmanDelorian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I believe it was because under Trump Israel would get better terms as Miriam Adelson paid for that.